In The Cosmic Perils of Qadi Ḥusayn Maybudī in Fifteenth-Century Iran Alexandra Dunietz explores the life and works of a provincial judge during a time of tribal rivalries and millennial expectations. During the decades preceding the rise of the Safavid regime and the establishment of Shiʿism throughout Iran; Maybudī participated in a network of intellectuals; administrators; and mystics; wrote prolifically; and worked as a judge within the Ak Koyunlu sphere. Drawing upon Maybudī's commentaries and correspondence; the work focuses on the judge's education; complex commentary on the poetry of ʿAlī; the foundational figure of Shiʿism; his professional life; and his death during a rebellion against Safavid control of his hometown. Maybudī exemplified the natural development of relations between Sunnis and Shiis; provincial elites and central authorities; rationalist philosophers and devotees of the esoteric.
#4511928 in Books 2003-10Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 .93 x 5.20 x 6.84l; #File Name: 897084192X479 pages
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