A short history of Persian literature : at the Bahmanī, the 'Ādilshāhī and the Quṭbshāhī Courts -- Deccan

This is a seminal book, first published in 1961. Over the past six decades, T.N. Devare's work has been widely recognised as a pioneering study to re-discover the glorious heritage of Persian in the Deccan, following the first comprehensive and critical survey completed by the author of Persian manuscript sources and literary works scattered across numerous libraries, archives and repositories in India and abroad. The book convincingly argues that, the Deccan’s multilingual and multi-religious traditions shaped the evolution of Indo-Persian and produced over nearly four centuries, a distinct literary and cultural world marked by a syncretic character which defied social, political or religious boundaries. The author also makes the case for collaboration between Persian and the regional languages of India, particularly Marathi. It is the rich legacy of Persian in the Deccan Courts with their vast treasures of literature that is preserved in Dr Devare’s work. The book has been regarded and continues to remain a foundational text for studying the Deccan, be it in the field of history, literature or culture. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Prologue Foreword Preface The Beginnings Indo-Persian Cultural Relationship with Special Reference to Southern and Western India from the Earliest Times up to the Establishment of the Bahmanī Muslim Sultanate in the Deccan In the Period of Antiquity The Age of Achaemenians In the Parthian Period In the Period of the Sasānians Buddhism and its Influence on Persia Arab Colonization on the Indian Coast The Zoroastrian Emigrants to Western India Travellers from Persia Persian Element in the Conquerors of India Deccan: A Gateway to Emigrants from Persia and Turkey The Homes of New-comers from Persia The Turbulent North And the Peaceful South Forced Migration from Delhi to Dawalatābād: A Blessing in Disguise 1. The Role of Saints and Savants of Islām in the Development of Persian Literature The Role of Religion Shāh Rājū Qattāl: His Life and Works Shaykh Ibrāhīm-e-Sangānī Burhān‘ud-Dīn-e-Gharīb Sirāj-e-Junaydī Shaykh ‘Ayn‘ud-Dīn-e-Ganj‘ul-‘ulum Khwājā Banda Nawāz Makhdūm Faqīh Alī Shihābud-Dīn Ahmad b. Shams‘ud-Dīn-e-Daulatābādi 2. Poetry and Patronage of the Sultāns (A) The Bahmanī Sultāns Introductory Muḥammad Shāh I Mujāhid Shāh ‘Balwant’ Sultān Muḥammad Shāh II His Education and Administration His Patronage of Poetry Muḥammad Shāh II as a Poet Tāj‘ud-Dīn Firozshāh Bahmanī Cultural Activities during Firozshāh’s Reign Shihāb‘ud-Dīn Aḥmadshāh ‘Walī’ Bahmanī Alā‘ud-Dīn Aḥmadshāh II Humāyūn-shāh Bahmanī (B) The ‘Ādilshāhī Sultāns Why the ‘Ādilshāhi and Qutbshāhī Sultanates? Sultān Yūsūf ‘Ādilshāh Sawāī His Career Bījāpūr: A Representative of the Āfāqī Influence His Patronage Ismāīl ‘Ādilshāh Relations with the Ṣafawīs Mallū ‘Ādilshāh Ibrāhīm ‘Ādilshāh I ‘Ali ‘Ādil Shāh I Ibrāhīm ‘Ādil Shāh II ‘Jagat-Guru’ Did Ibrāhīm write in Persian?: A Problem Ibrāhīm as a Critic As a Calligraphist and a Painter Ibrāhīm II: The Author of Nawa-Rasa The Nawa-Rasa – Problem of its Authorship Nawa-Rasa A Short Notice of Nawa-Rasa Ibrāhīm’s Personality and Patronage of Fine Arts Muḥammad ‘Ādil Shāh ‘Ali ‘Ādil Shāh II Sikandar ‘Ādil Shāh (C) The Quṭbshāhī Sultāns Sultān Qulī Qutbshāhs Yār Jamshīd Qutbshāh Ibrāhīm Qutbshāh Muḥammad Qulī Qutbshāh Muḥammad Qutbshāh ‘Abdulāh Qutbshāh Sultān Ab‘ul-Ḥasan Quṭbshāh alias Tānāshāh 3. Ministers and the Minstrels of the Muse Malik Sayf‘ud-Dīn-e-Ghorī Khwājā ‘Imādu’d-Dīn Maḥmūd-e-Gīlānī alias Maḥmūd-e-Gāwān Afẓālkhān-e-Shīrāzī Shāh Nawāz Khān-e-Shirazi Mīr Muḥammad Momen-e-Astarābādī Mīr Majdu’d-Dīn Muḥammad Mirzā Muḥammad Amīn-e-Shahristānī alias Mīr Jumla 4. Poetry and Poets The Bahmanī Period ‘Iṣāmī Āẓarī-e-Isfarāyinī Nazīrī Shahidi-e-Qummi Malik-e-Qummī Ẓuhūrī Mullā Ḥaydar Zihnī-e-Kāshānī Sanjar-e-Kāshī Bāqīr Khurda-e-Kāshī Mirzā Muḥammad Muqīm Hakīm Ātashī Shāh Abu’l Ma‘ālī Mullā Muḥammad Sharīf-e-Wuq‘uī-e-Nīshāpūrī Ruknu’d-Dīn Mas‘ūd-e-Kāshī alias Hakīm Ruknā-e-Masih ‘Askarī-e-Kāshānī ‘Ārif-e-Egī Ghiyāsā-e-Munsif of Iṣfahan Mīr Muḥammad Mo’min-e-Adā’ī Mullā Mīrak Mu‘in-e-Sabzwāri Ulfatī-e-Sāwaji Mullā Sālik-e-Yazdī Mirzā Razī-e-Mashhadi ‘Danish’ 5. History and Historians Histories in the Deccan: Bahmanī Period Histories written at the ‘Ādilshāhī Court Histories Written at the Qutbshāhī Court Histories written at the Nizāmshāhī Court Khurshāh: Ta’rīkh-e-Elchi-e-Nizāmshāh Tabāṭabāi and his Burhān-e-Ma’āsir Firishta Rafī‘u’d-Dīn Ibrāhīm e-Shīrāzī and Taẓkirātu’l-Mulūk Fuzūnī-e-Astarābādī Sayyid Nuru’l-lāh and his Ta’rīkh-e-‘Alī ‘Adilshahiyya Ta’rīkh-e-Haft Kursī 6. Miscellaneous Literature 7. Influence of Persian Language and Literature on Dakhnī and Marāṭhī Index