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New Blog Post: Speaking Truth to Power: Justice, Kingship, and Critique in Persian Texts
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Speaking Truth to Power: Justice, Kingship, and Critique in Persian Texts
From the grand epics of the Sasanian throne to the sly couplets of medieval mystics, Persian literature has long held up a mirror to authority—insisting that rulers wield power in service of justice, and reminding the mighty that tyranny unmaskes itself in cruelty. Whether through direct counsel or allegorical parable,…