POETS AND PROSE WRITERS OF THE LATE SALJUQ AND MONGOL PERIODS

Abstract

This chapter touches on the era of the "Great Saljuqs" only in its last phase, that is, towards the end of the reign of Sultan Sanjar, a monarch who was then decadent though he was later idealized. The Saljuqs are a remarkable phenomenon, and we should therefore cast at least a cursory glance back to the period of their real greatness; for this wholly Turkish dynasty, holding sway over an immense area, played a very considerable part in the expansion of the Persian literary language and of Persian culture in general. The official language was Persian, and in it was conducted the official correspondence of the court, in contrast to the practice under Mahmud. Poetry also flourished during the period of the decline and fall of Saljuq rule, but the forms perfected by the old masters were already dying out and poetry was developing in an entirely new direction. Sa'di's principal didactic works are the Bustdn and the Gulistdn.

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