TY - JOUR ID - 103257 TI - Ghazali’s Sufistic and Mystical Reading of Iransharian Politics JO - Tārīkh-i Īrān JA - IRHJ LA - en SN - 2008-7357 AU - Hojati Najafabadi, Shahnaz AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Iranian Studies and History, Faculty of Humanities, Meybod University, Meybod, Iran. Y1 - 2023 PY - 2023 VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 15 KW - Ghazali KW - Politics KW - Iranshahr KW - Sufistic Worldview KW - mystical language DO - 10.48308/irhj.2023.103257 N2 - Ghazali’s tendency towards a Sufistic worldview and life, especially after his repentance, influenced his political vision. The impact of this event on Ghazali's seclusion and the strengthening of his Sufistic worldview was significant, inasmuch as his special language as a prominent Sufi was reflected in his writings in general and especially in his political writings. This was a sort of intellectual experience, which, with the support of Ghazali’s life experiences in the field of Sufism and pious life, led to a closer and more integration of mystical insight and the principles of Iranshahri politics by him. As a result, his orations to the sultans and the pillars of power and monarchy were directed towards more ascetic, pious, spiritual, and cautious advice. This phenomenon deeply affected his expository literature, especially in his political writings. The hypothesis of this research is that Ghazali’s repentance led to the integration and fusion of the two visions of Iranshahrian politics and Sufistic-mystical visions in such a way that, under its influence, concepts such as justice, monarchy, power, tax and ministry, etc were interpreted in an otherworldly and Sufistic context. In this research, in an analytical method and based on the analysis of Makatib’s treatise, the impact of his Sufistic-mystical worldview and life in the creation of a mystical-sufic narrative of Iransharian politics will be reconsidered. UR - https://irhj.sbu.ac.ir/article_103257.html L1 - https://irhj.sbu.ac.ir/article_103257_525952e650dcce7c971d14884f491e83.pdf ER -