| Al-Muʾayyad Al-Shīrāzī And Fatimid Daʿwa Poetry: A Case of Commitment in Classical Arabic Literature Contributor(s): Qutbuddin, Tahera (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004141030 ISBN-13: 9789004141032 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $239.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: Al-Mu'ayyad al-Shī rā zī was a medieval Arabic-Islamic scholar and poet committed to the Fatimid religio-political ideology. Chief missionary for their Caliph-Imams, he founded the dynamic tradition of "Fatimid da'wa (religious mission) poetry" that flourished after him for a thousand years through the succeeding Tayyibī da'wa and continues to thrive today. This study examines the manner in which al-Mu'ayyad's mission informed the aesthetic rules, motifs, structures, genres, motives, addressees, and aspirations of his poetry. It analyzes the characteristics of al-Mu'ayyad's verse that render it distinctive, above all, its use of a unique form of esoteric tā wī l-based religious symbolism--metaphor, in fact, as manifestation, where what appears to be metaphor is the theological reality of the Imam. This book features a large number of original translations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 892.713 |
| LCCN: 2005042152 |
| Series: Islamic History and Civilization |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 6.54" W x 9.76" (2.07 lbs) 418 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
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| Publisher Description: Al-Muʾayyad al-Shīrāzī was a medieval Arabic-Islamic scholar and poet committed to the Fatimid religio-political ideology. Chief missionary for their Caliph-Imams, he founded the dynamic tradition of "Fatimid daʿwa (religious mission) poetry" that flourished after him for a thousand years through the succeeding Ṭayyibī daʿwa and continues to thrive today. This study examines the manner in which al-Muʾayyad's mission informed the aesthetic rules, motifs, structures, genres, motives, addressees, and aspirations of his poetry. It analyzes the characteristics of al-Muʾayyad's verse that render it distinctive, above all, its use of a unique form of esoteric tāwīl-based religious symbolism--metaphor, in fact, as manifestation, where what appears to be metaphor is the theological reality of the Imam. This book features a large number of original translations. |