Hidden in Plain Sight
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Eliza Tasbihi
About this book
The book is an examination of the apocryphal text known as Book Seven of the Mathnawī, attributed to Rūmī, which has never before been studied. Why was this text was added to Rūmī’s Mathnawī? What were its implications in the Mevlevī centers in 17th-century Ottoman society or in Persian speaking societies in India and Iran? The author has located and analyzed different manuscript versions of the text, discusses possible authors and motives behind its composition: Was Book Seven added on the Indian subcontinent or in the Ottoman Empire? One important aspect of the text being interpreted as Book Seven was a great anxiety over whether Rūmī's Mathnawī had been incomplete, an assumption made by Rūmī's own son Sulṭān Valad as well as by Sufis in India and the Ottoman lands.
In addition to a literary examination of Book Seven of Rūmī’s Mathnawī, the study also sheds light on religio-political conflicts between various social groups in Ottoman society in which this text played a major role. By examining İsmāʿīl Anqaravī’s (d.1631) introduction on his commentary, which presents a detailed account of his debate with Mevlevī and Khalvetī Sufis and shaykhs, I argue that Anqaravī claimed authority as the ultimate commentator and Mathnawī-reciter among the Mevlevī Sufis, a claim that was bolstered by his closeness to Sultan Murad IV (d. 1049/1640).
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"A very important book on one of the most important Sufi figures in the Ottoman Empire. A prolific author, Anḳaravī played a key role in arguing for a central place of Sufism in religious life. Through extensive research in manuscripts in several libraries and a thorough study of the secondary literature, the author explores fascinating questions surrounding Anḳaravī’s views of Rumi’s monumental work, the Mathnavī-i Ma'navī."
Jamal J. Elias, author of After Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World, (Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Islamic History and Visual Culture)
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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List of Tables
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A Note on Transliteration, Translation and Dating
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Introduction
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Book Seven of the Mathnawī
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Chapter One Importance of Book Seven
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Chapter Two Internal Evidence
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Anḳaravī’s Commentary on Book Seven
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Chapter Three İsmāʿil Rusūkhī Anḳaravī
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Chapter Four Anḳaravī ’s Commentary on Book Seven of the Mathnawī
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Chapter Five Intellectuals and Reform in the Ottoman Empire
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Chapter Six Authenticity of Book Seven: Anḳaravī’s Conflicts with ʿUlamāʾ and Fellow Sufis
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Chapter Seven The Influence of Ibn ʿArabī
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Concluding Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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