Publication – English
Husayn: We Cut Off Our Hearts
An Anthology of Ismaili Literature: A Shi’i Vision of Islam, 2008
Abstract:
Ismaili traditions of devotional poetry continued to flourish after the Mongol conquests, although much of it has been little known until recently. Among the poets who were followers of the Imam Mustansir bi’llah III, also known as ‘Gharib Mirza’ (d. 904/1498), was an obscure individual with the penname Husayn. The poem “We Cut Off Our Hearts,”, exhorts the renunciation of worldly attachment and affirms devotion to the Imam. The poem also indicates that the Imam then resided at Anjudan in central Persia, information that is confirmed by contemporary epigraphic evidence.
Cite this publication:
Virani, Shafique N. “Ḥusayn: We Cut Off Our Hearts.” In An Anthology of Ismaili Literature: A Shi’i Visionof Islam. Edited by Hermann Landolt, Samira Sheikh and Kutub Kassam, 292. London: I.B.Tauris inassociation with Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2008.
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