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Journal Article
The Islamisation of Iranian Kingly Ideals in the Persianate Fürstenspiegel
2011
Overview
The article examines the use of ancient Iranian rulers and traditions of rulership in the hortatory royal advice literature of the Seljuq era, in order to determine whether the embracing of pre-Islamic Iranian political paradigms during this period was, as is commonly maintained, inimical to or incompatible with Islamic norms and ideals. It concludes that, on the contrary, the Iranian model underwent a degree of Islamisation in the process of assimilation, manifested by the blending of Islamic and legendary Iranian pedigrees; in the incorporation of Shāh-nāma history into Islamic history, especially through the linking of the Sasanian kings with the caliphs and early Islamic religious figures; and through the anachronistic religious Islamising of the Sasanian kings and heroes.
