RT Article
T1 Of Poetry and Patronage: A Scholar’s Lament by Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-ʿĀmilī (d. 984/1576)
JF JAOS
VO 143
IS 1
SP 21
OP 34
A1 Stewart, Devin J.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1858150108
AB This study analyzes a poem by the Twelver Shiʿi jurist Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-ʿĀmilī (d. 984/1576) that has recently been discovered in a multiple-text manuscript in Iran. It is argued here that the poem dates from 961-63/1554-56 and expresses the author's disappointment and frustrations with patrons or intermediaries in his efforts to procure a position shortly after he arrived in Safavid territory.
DO 10.7817/jaos.143.1.2023.ar002