Publication
Imprint: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013. Series: Makers of Islamic Civilization. Edition: First edition. Responsibility: Hamid Algar. Physical: Text : 1 volume : viii, 152 pages ; 22 cm. Features: Includes index, suggested reading.
Call number
Biography / Jami
ISBN
9780198090441
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: 'Abd al-Rahman Jami (1414-1492) is a culminating figure in Perso-Islamic culture, whose reputation and influence have remained undiminished throughout the eastern Islamic world--the Ottoman empire and Central Asia, Iran, India, China, and the Malay world. Primarily celebrated as a poet, Jami was also an accomplished Islamic scholar and Arabist, a Sufi of great standing, and an acerbic polemicist and social critic. He was most closely associated with the Timurid dynasty; but his international renown made him a favourite also of other political powers of the time.
In this masterfully concise study, Algar begins with a sketch of the geographical and historical landscape behind the events of Jami's life in Herat and beyond. He explains the influences upon his character and work, the factors that shaped his poetic output, its literary forms, and thematic concerns, the reasons for the precise configuration of his Sufism within the Naqshbandiyya, and his combative support for some of the doctrines of Ibn 'Arabi. Algar also discusses the concept and Jami's practice of 'seclusion within society', whereby the Sufi was attentive to the problems of the community while being detached from them. Jami's social critique and some of his polemic against fake scholars and sham Sufis can be understood as part of that concern for community. Finally, Algar surveys the transmission of Jami's literary, intellectual, and spiritual legacy to the eastern Islamic world, and, within suggestions for further reading and study, he presents an overview of recent Jami
scholarship in the Islamic world, the West, and China. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: Introducton : geographical and historical setting
From infancy to eminence, from Kharjird to Khiaban
The heart triumvirate : Jami, Bayqara, Nava'i
The seal of the poets : Jami and the traditions of Persian Poetry
Naqshbandi-Akbari : Jami and the Sufi tradition
Solitude within society : Jami as social critic
Jami and posterity : his legacy in Dar al-Islam
Further reading and works cited, index
FY2022 /
In this masterfully concise study, Algar begins with a sketch of the geographical and historical landscape behind the events of Jami's life in Herat and beyond. He explains the influences upon his character and work, the factors that shaped his poetic output, its literary forms, and thematic concerns, the reasons for the precise configuration of his Sufism within the Naqshbandiyya, and his combative support for some of the doctrines of Ibn 'Arabi. Algar also discusses the concept and Jami's practice of 'seclusion within society', whereby the Sufi was attentive to the problems of the community while being detached from them. Jami's social critique and some of his polemic against fake scholars and sham Sufis can be understood as part of that concern for community. Finally, Algar surveys the transmission of Jami's literary, intellectual, and spiritual legacy to the eastern Islamic world, and, within suggestions for further reading and study, he presents an overview of recent Jami
scholarship in the Islamic world, the West, and China. -- from back cover
Table of Contents: Introducton : geographical and historical setting
From infancy to eminence, from Kharjird to Khiaban
The heart triumvirate : Jami, Bayqara, Nava'i
The seal of the poets : Jami and the traditions of Persian Poetry
Naqshbandi-Akbari : Jami and the Sufi tradition
Solitude within society : Jami as social critic
Jami and posterity : his legacy in Dar al-Islam
Further reading and works cited, index
FY2022 /
Physical description
viii, 152 p.; 22 cm
Description
Primarily celebrated as a poet, 'Abd al-Rahman Jami was also an accomplished Islamic scholar and Arabist, a Sufi of great standing, and an acerbic polemicist and social critic. In this volume, Hamid Algar presents a masterfully concise study of Jami, a culminating figure in Perso-Islamic culture, whose reputation and influence have remained undiminished throughout the eastern Islamic world-the Ottoman empire and Central Asia, Iran, India, China, and the Malay world.
Language
Original language
English