âThe qebla of JÄmi is None Other than Tabrizâ: Ê¿Abd al-RahmÄn JÄmi and Naqshbandi Sufism at the Aq Qoyunlu Royal Court
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This article addresses the possibility that members of the Naqshbandi Sufi order exerted a greater influence at the royal court of YaÊ¿qub b. Uzun Hasan, leader of the Aq Qoyunlu dynasty, than previously acknowledged. In order to substantiate this claim, the article cites contemporary and near-contemporary Persian sources, notably the TÄrikh-eÊ¿Älam-ÄrÄ-ye amini, the RowzÄt al-jenÄn va jannÄt al-janÄn, and the RashahÄt-e Ê¿ayn al-hayÄt, each of which attests to the presence of Naqshbandis in the Aq Qoyunlu capital of Tabriz, and notes that the Naqshbandis most closely associated with YaÊ¿qub shared the distinction of being protégés of the classical Persian poet Ê¿Abd al-RahmÄn JÄmi. In a related vein, the article suggests that it was JÄmi himself, in SalÄmÄn o AbsÄl, and in a personal letter sent to YaÊ¿qub from his residence in Timurid Herat, who may have exerted the most significant Naqshbandi influence over the Aq Qoyunlu. The article therefore concludes that the existing historiography, which emphasizes the involvement of the Khalvati order in Aq Qoyunlu affairs, should be revised in order to recognize the probable influence of members of the Naqshbandi order, particularly JÄmi, at the Aq Qoyunlu court.
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âThe qebla of JÄmi is None Other than Tabrizâ: Ê¿Abd al-RahmÄn JÄmi and Naqshbandi Sufism at the Aq Qoyunlu Royal Court
In: Journal of Persianate StudiesSearch for other papers by Chad G. Lingwood in
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Abstract
This article addresses the possibility that members of the Naqshbandi Sufi order exerted a greater influence at the royal court of YaÊ¿qub b. Uzun Hasan, leader of the Aq Qoyunlu dynasty, than previously acknowledged. In order to substantiate this claim, the article cites contemporary and near-contemporary Persian sources, notably the TÄrikh-eÊ¿Älam-ÄrÄ-ye amini, the RowzÄt al-jenÄn va jannÄt al-janÄn, and the RashahÄt-e Ê¿ayn al-hayÄt, each of which attests to the presence of Naqshbandis in the Aq Qoyunlu capital of Tabriz, and notes that the Naqshbandis most closely associated with YaÊ¿qub shared the distinction of being protégés of the classical Persian poet Ê¿Abd al-RahmÄn JÄmi. In a related vein, the article suggests that it was JÄmi himself, in SalÄmÄn o AbsÄl, and in a personal letter sent to YaÊ¿qub from his residence in Timurid Herat, who may have exerted the most significant Naqshbandi influence over the Aq Qoyunlu. The article therefore concludes that the existing historiography, which emphasizes the involvement of the Khalvati order in Aq Qoyunlu affairs, should be revised in order to recognize the probable influence of members of the Naqshbandi order, particularly JÄmi, at the Aq Qoyunlu court.
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