ʿAlāʾ al-Dawla al-Simnānī Between Spiritual Authority and Political Power: A Persian Lord and Intellectual in the Heart of the Ilkhanate

Giovanni Maria Martini, D.Phil. (2014), Università di Napoli L’Orientale, is post-doctoral fellow at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and previous research officer at the University of Oxford. His research interests include History of Medieval Sufism and Hermetic and Religious Literature in the Muslim World.

• AcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroductionSimnānī and the KubrawiyyaThe Criticism of Ibn ʿArabī The Current State of Research Organization and Objectives of this Book1 Simnānī’s Biography: A Window into Iranian Society under the IlkhanidsBackgroundYouth Metanoia The Return to Simnān The Meeting with Šaraf al-Dīn al-Ḥanawayh The Departure to Baghdad and Imprisonment at the Court of Arġūn Back to Simnān. The Trips to Iraq and the Ḥiǧāz Ṣūfīābād Ḫudādād: Simnānī’s Own Dār al-Hiǧra in the Heart of the Ilkhanate Mastery, Advanced Years and Death2 The Relationship between al-Wārid al-šārid al-ṭārid šubhat al-mārid and the Zayn al-muʿtaqad li-zayn al-muʿtaqid Introductory Remarks  Background  Section One: Descriptive Analysis of the Differences between al-Wārid and the Zayn Section Two: The Dynamics of Translation: Audiences, Authorship and Divine Inspiration in the Composition of al-Wārid and the Zayn Section Three: Observations on the Structure of Some of Simnānī’s Most Relevant Works Section Four: Observations on the Persian Translation of the ʿUrwa li-ahl al-ḫalwa wa al-ǧalwa3 The Method Used in the Preparation of the Critical Edition of al-Wārid al-šārid al-ṭārid šubhat al-māridForeword Description of the Manuscripts Analysis of the Evidence Useful for the Reconstruction of the Stemma Codicum and Related Hypotheses Stemma Codicum4 Established Text of al-Wārid al-šārid al-ṭārid šubhat al-mārid5 The Method Used in the Preparation of the Critical Edition of the Zayn al-muʿtaqad li-zayn al-muʿtaqidForeword A Note on Transcription  Description of the Manuscripts Analysis of the Evidence Useful for the Reconstruction of the Stemma Codicum and Related Hypotheses Stemma Codicum6 Established Text of the Zayn al-muʿtaqad li-zayn al-muʿtaqid7 The Inspiration Refuting the Rebel’s Sophistry (Translation of al-Wārid al-šārid al-ṭārid šubhat al-mārid) A Note on the Translation The Inspiration Refuting The Rebel’s SophistryAppendix:Supplement to the Catalogue of Simnānī’s Written WorksBibliographyIndex