Jāmī in Regional Contexts: The Reception of ʻAbd Al-Raḥmān Jāmī's Works in the Islamicate World, Ca. 9th/15th-14th/20th Century

Jāmī in Regional Contexts is a study of the reception of the polymath ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492)'s works in various regional traditions throughout the Islamicate world. Contents Acknowledgments Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Part 1 The Routes of Books Chapter 1 A Case of Literary Success Chapter 2 Approaching Jāmī through Visual Culture Chapter 3 Jāmī and the Ottomans Chapter 4 Scholar, Saint, and Poet Chapter 5 The Arab Reception of Jāmī in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Chapter 6 Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jāmī in Sufi Writings in Malay Part 2 Translating Islam and Sufism Chapter 7 Before the Safavid-Ottoman Conflict Chapter 8 Trading Pearls for Beads Chapter 9 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī and the Ottoman Linguistic Tradition Chapter 10 Jāmī’s Statement on the Authorship of the Anīs al-ṭālibīn Chapter 11 Jāmī’s Sharḥ-i rubāʿiyyāt dar vaḥdat-i vujūd Chapter 12 The Recreation of Jāmī’s Lavāʾiḥ by Ḥamza Fanṣūrī Chapter 13 Individual Sanctity and Islamization in the Ṭabaqāt Books of Jāmī, Navāʾī, Lāmiʿī, and Some Others Chapter 14 Jāmī and his Texts in China Proper Part 3 Beyond the Seal of the Poets Chapter 15 To Round and Rondeau the Canon Chapter 16 “Utterly Fluent, but Seldom Fresh” Chapter 17 Evaluating Jāmī’s Influence on Navā ʾī Chapter 18 Foundational Maḥabbat-nāmas: Jāmī’s Yūsuf u Zulaykhā in Bengal (ca. 16th–19th AD) Chapter 19 Love’s New Pavilions Chapter 20 Śrīvara’s Kathākautuka Chapter 21 A Bounty of Gems Chapter 22 Sweetening the Heavy Georgian Tongue Index of Names Index of Places Index of Works Jāmī in Regional Contexts: The Reception of ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān Jāmī's Works in the Islamicate World is the first attempt to present in a comprehensive manner how ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492), a most influential figure in the Persian-speaking world, reshaped the canons of Islamic mysticism, literature and poetry and how, in turn, this new canon prompted the formation of regional traditions. As a result, a renewed geography of intellectual practices emerges as well as questions surrounding authorship and authority in the making of vernacular cultures. Specialists of Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Georgian, Malay, Pashto, Sanskrit, Urdu, Turkish, and Bengali thus provide a unique connected account of the conception and reception of Jāmī's works throughout the Eurasian continent and maritime Southeast Asia. Jami in Regional Contexts: The Reception of 'Abd Al-Rahman Jami's Works in the Islamicate World is the first attempt to present in a comprehensive manner how 'Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. 898/1492), a most influential figure in the Persian-speaking world, reshaped the canons of Islamic mysticism, literature and poetry and how, in turn, this new canon prompted the formation of regional traditions. As a result, a renewed geography of intellectual practices emerges as well as questions surrounding authorship and authority in the making of vernacular cultures. Specialists of Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Georgian, Malay, Pashto, Sanskrit, Urdu, Turkish, and Bengali thus provide a unique connected account of the conception and reception of Jami's works throughout the Eurasian continent and maritime Southeast Asia Jāmī in Regional Contexts is the first attempt to present in a comprehensive manner how 'Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. 898/1492), a most influential figure in the Persian-speaking world, reshaped the canons of Islamic mysticism, literature and poetry and how, in turn, this new canon prompted the formation of regional traditions. As a result, a renewed geography of intellectual practices emerges as well as questions surrounding authorship and authority in the making of vernacular cultures. Specialists of Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Georgian, Malay, Pashto, Sanskrit, Urdu, Turkish, and Bengali thus provide a unique connected account of the conception and reception of Jami's works throughout the Eurasian continent and maritime Southeast Asia