“When a Lion is Chided by an Ant”: Everyday Saints and the Making of Sufi Kings in ʿAttār’s Elāhi-nāma
Abstract This paper addresses Farid al-Din ʿAttār’s views on social and kingly ethics as espoused in the Elāhi-nāma. It offers a holistic reading of its stories, which are suffused with the tenets of Sufism, to illustrate the myriad ways that the Elāhi-nāma adopts and adapts the characteristics and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2019
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Journal of Persianate studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-102 |
| Further subjects: | B
practical ethics
B Elāhi-nāma B Saints B Hagiography B Sufism B Kingship |
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