A Short History of Persian Literature : At the Bahmanī, the 'Ādilshāhī and the Qutbshāhī Courts - Deccan.
Devare, T. N.
A Short History of Persian Literature : At the Bahmanī, the 'Ādilshāhī and the Qutbshāhī Courts - Deccan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (369 pages)
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.
First published in 1961, this book has been widely recognised as a pioneering study to re-discover the glorious heritage of Persian in the Deccan. The book argues that the Deccan's multilingual & multi-religious traditions shaped the evolution of Indo-Persian and produced a distinct literary & cultural world which defied social, political or religious boundaries. 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.
9780429849503
Persian literature-India-Deccan-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PK6427.6.I4 .D483 2018
891.5509954
A Short History of Persian Literature : At the Bahmanī, the 'Ādilshāhī and the Qutbshāhī Courts - Deccan. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (369 pages)
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.
First published in 1961, this book has been widely recognised as a pioneering study to re-discover the glorious heritage of Persian in the Deccan. The book argues that the Deccan's multilingual & multi-religious traditions shaped the evolution of Indo-Persian and produced a distinct literary & cultural world which defied social, political or religious boundaries. 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.
9780429849503
Persian literature-India-Deccan-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PK6427.6.I4 .D483 2018
891.5509954