@article{2024:poier:literary_c,
title = {Literary Chains Frozen in Tile? Proposed Literary Connections between Salmān Sāvajī and Aḥmedī as Observed in the Persian Epigraphic Programme of the Green Zāviye in Bursa (821–827/1419–1424)},
year = {2024},
note = {The layers of Arabic and Persian epigraphy in the Green Complex
(821–827/1419–1424) in the Western Anatolian town of Bursa, built
for Meḥmed I (r. 816–824/1413–1421), are indicative of the
literary horizon at this time. I argue that the extensive epigraphic
programme is a contemporary source frozen in ‘tile’ and time,
connecting the buildings to the concurrent developments in Anatolian
literature. For the first time, I discuss the appearance of Persian
poetry by the Jalāyirid court poet Salmān Sāvajī (d. 777/1376) on
early Ottoman architecture, which ties in with the contemporary works
of Tāceddīn Aḥmedī (734–815/1334–1413), poet laureate of
Meḥmed I (r. 816–824/1413–1421). The preserved texts in the
Green Complex allow us to obtain a new perspective on the
transregional connections between the post-Mongol Turkmen world and
the Ottoman sphere of influence.},
journal = {DIYÂR},
pages = {144--162},
author = {Poier, Veronika},
volume = {5},
number = {2}
}