“When they praise your lips Bayrām’s verses are the water of life” Bayrām Khān’s Persian and Turkish ghazals
“When they praise your lips Bayrām’s verses are the water of life” Bayrām Khān’s Persian and Turkish ghazals
Author(s): Benedek PériSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Turkish Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem
Keywords: Bayrām Khān; Mughal; India; Persian poetry; Chaghatay poetry; ghazal
Summary/Abstract: The present paper aims at a comparative analysis of the Persian and Turkish (Chaghatay) ghazals of Bayrām Khān, a Mughal official, who was one of the most influential characters during the initial phase of Akbar’s reign (1556–1605). Like many noblemen who tried to follow the legacy of their Timurid predecessors, Bayrām Khān composed poetry in order to demonstrate that he was educated, erudite and cultured. His Persian and Chaghatay poems and the poetic strategies he applied provide the modern reader with an opportunity to get aglimpse of the cultural background of a Turko-Mughal official, his personality and worldview.
Journal: Orpheus Noster. A KRE Eszme-, Kultúr-, és Vallástörténeti Folyóirata
- Issue Year: XI/2019
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 72-91
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English