| ID | 161394 |
| Title Proper | Citations of ʿAttār and the Kanz al-Haqāyeq in ʿAli Akbar Khatāyi’s Book of China |
| Other Title Information | a sufi path of bureaucracy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hemmat, Kaveh Louis |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | ʿAli Akbar Khatāyi’s Khatāynāmeh (Book of China), a detailed description of state and society in Ming China written in 922/1516, includes citations from the Kanz al-Haqāyeq (attributed to Mahmud Shabestari) and ʿAttār’s Elāhināmeh. By citing these two texts at key points in his description of the Chinese government, Khatāyi articulates a radical political vision in which the civil officials, rather than the emperor, are the true rulers. Furthermore, by using the Kanz al-Haqāyeq as a portal text, and through frequent citations of other gnostic poetry, he crafts his own authorial presence by identifying his own text with fotovvat and gnosticism, and invokes a conceptual framework based on the thought of Ibn ʿArabi epitomized in his intertexts. |
| `In' analytical Note | Iranian Studies Vol. 51, No.5; Sep 2018: p.667-691 |
| Journal Source | Iranian Studies Vol: 51 No 5 |
| Key Words | Political Theory ; China ; Ottoman Empire ; Sufism ; Poetry ; Attar ; Messianism ; Futuwwa ; Mahmud Shabistari ; Hurufism |