Salāmān u Absāl
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Salāmān u Absāl is a Persian mystical-romantic poem by Jami that reworks an ancient philosophical love story into an allegory of the soul’s spiritual journey.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian poem
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allegorical poem ⓘ mystical poem ⓘ romantic poem ⓘ |
| allegoricalMeaningOf |
Absāl as the sensual or lower soul
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Salāmān as the rational soul ⓘ the king as the Intellect or divine spirit ⓘ |
| author | Jami NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Greek philosophical romance of Salaman and Absal
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ancient philosophical love story ⓘ |
| centralConflict | struggle between sensual love and spiritual love ⓘ |
| centralMessage |
attaining union with the divine through discipline and love
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overcoming attachment to the lower self ⓘ |
| circulation |
read in Sufi circles
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studied in Persian literary tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| didacticPurpose |
guidance on the path to God
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moral education of the soul ⓘ |
| genre |
Sufi literature
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mystical romance ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Avicennian philosophical narratives
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earlier Arabic and Greek versions of Salaman and Absal ⓘ |
| language | Persian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | masnavi ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Islamic allegorical narrative
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Persian classical poetry ⓘ |
| narrativeType | allegory of the soul ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
didactic commentary embedded in the narrative
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integration of philosophy and Sufi mysticism ⓘ use of symbolic characters ⓘ |
| period | Timurid era ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext |
Islamic philosophy
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Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Persian script ⓘ |
| structure | narrative framed as spiritual instruction ⓘ |
| theme |
detachment from the material world
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love ⓘ purification of the soul ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ union with the divine ⓘ |
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