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ID184814
Title ProperQalandar King
Other Title Information Early Development of the Qalandariyyāt and Saljuq Conceptions of Kingship in Amir Moʿezzi's Panegyric for Sharafshāh Jaʿfari
LanguageENG
AuthorMiller, Matthew Thomas
Summary / Abstract (Note)Historical treatments of the “rogue lyrics” (qalandariyyāt) of medieval Persian poetry typically identify their origin in the Sufi poetry of Bābā Tāher, Abu Saʿid, and Sanāʾi and portray them as a poetic instantiation of the intellectual and antinomian critiques of the formalistic modes of piety practiced in the increasingly powerful institutionalized Sufi orders. However, the qalandari panegyrics of the Saljuq court poets Borhāni and Amir Moʿezzi—arguably the earliest datable examples of this poetry—analyzed in this article complicate this narrative. They utilize the heterotopic poetics of the qalandariyyāt not to subvert or critique, but rather to augment the sociopolitical authority of the ruler of Qazvin, constructing a new and distinctly Saljuq model of Islamic kingship, a Qalandar King.
`In' analytical NoteIranian Studies Vol. 55, No.2; Apr 2022: p.521 - 549
Journal SourceIranian Studies Vol: 55 No 2
Key WordsPanegyric ;  Borhāni ;  carnivals ;  Islamic kingship ;  Amir Moʿezzi ;  qalandariyyāt ;  Qazvin ;  Saljuq


 
 
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