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16 produkter
Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero
Texts and Traditions of the Farāmarznāme and the Persian Epic Cycle
Inbunden, 2014
5076 kr
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In Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero Marjolijn van Zutphen discusses the manuscripts, storylines and main themes of the shorter and the longer Farāmarznāme (c. 1100), in relation to Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāme and several other later maṡnawis about the warriors from Sistān (the Persian Epic Cycle). Farāmarz, a …
Sistani Cycle of Epics and Iran’s National History
On the Margins of Historiography
Inbunden, 2015
2715 kr
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This work examines the entire corpus of the Sistani Cycle of Epics, both parts included in Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāmeh and those appearing in separate manuscripts. It argues that the so-called “epic literature” of Iran constitutes a kind of historiography, encapsulating reflections of watershed events of …
Muḥīṭ al-Tavārīkh (The Sea of Chronicles)
By Muḥammad Amīn b. Mīrzā Muḥammad Zamān Bukhārī (Ṣūfīyānī)
Av Mehrdad Fallahzadeh, Forogh Hashabeiky
Inbunden, 2014
3667 kr
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This study provides a critical edition of chapters nine and ten of Muḥīṭ al-tavārīkh (The Sea of Chronicles) by Muḥammad Amīn b. Mīrzā Muḥammad Zamān Bukhārī (Ṣūfīyānī). Muḥīṭ al-tavārīkh is a valuable source for the study of late seventeenth-century Central Asian history, historiography, and …
Politics, Poetry, and Sufism in Medieval Iran
New Perspectives on Jāmī’s Salāmān va Absāl
Inbunden, 2013
2419 kr
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In Politics, Poetry, and Sufism in Medieval Iran Chad Lingwood offers new insights into the political significance of poetry and Sufism at the court of Sulṭān Ya‘qūb (d. 896/1490), leader of the Āq Qoyūnlū. The basis of the study is Salāmān va Absāl, a Persian allegorical romance ‘Abd al-Raḥmān …
Qazaqlïq, or Ambitious Brigandage, and the Formation of the Qazaqs
State and Identity in Post-Mongol Central Eurasia
Av Joo-Yup Lee
Inbunden, 2015
2327 kr
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2017 CESS Book Award WinnerIn Qazaqlïq, or Ambitious Brigandage, and the Formation of the Qazaqs Joo-Yup Lee examines the formation of new group identities, with a focus on the Qazaqs, in post-Mongol Central Eurasia within the context of qazaqlïq, or the qazaq way of life, a custom of political …
Medieval Reception of the Shāhnāma as a Mirror for Princes
Inbunden, 2016
3414 kr
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Nasrin Askari explores the medieval reception of Firdausī’s Shāhnāma, or Book of Kings (completed in 1010 CE) as a mirror for princes. Through her examination of a wide range of medieval sources, Askari demonstrates that Firdausī’s oeuvre was primarily understood as a book of wisdom and advice for …
Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art
Av Yuka Kadoi
Inbunden, 2016
3378 kr
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In Arthur Upham Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art, fourteen scholars explore the legacy of Arthur Upham Pope (1881–1969) by tracing the formation of Persian art scholarship and connoisseurship during the twentieth century. Widely considered as a self-made scholar, curator, and entrepreneur, Pope …
Kashefi's Anvar-e Sohayli
Rewriting Kalila wa-Dimna in Timurid Herat
Inbunden, 2016
3114 kr
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Kashefi’s Anvar-e Sohayli (15th c. A.D.) is a Persian rewriting of the timeless and influential Kalila wa-Dimna text, done at the Timurid court. Christine van Ruymbeke offers a first in-depth analysis of the contents and style of this important text and also addresses the Kalila wa-Dimna field …
ʿAli Qoli Jebādār et l'Occidentalisme Safavide
Une étude sur les peintures dites farangi sāzi, leurs milieux et commanditaires sous Shāh Soleimān (1666-94)
Av Negar Habibi
Inbunden, 2017
1801 kr
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In ʿAli Qoli Jebādār et l’Occidentalism safavide Negar Habibi provides a fresh account of the life and works of ʿAli Qoli Jebādār, a leading painter of the late Safavid period. By collecting several of the artist's paintings and signatures Habibi brings to light the diversity of ʿAli Qoli Jebādār's …
Shahnama Studies III
The Reception of the Shahnama
Inbunden, 2017
2843 kr
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Shahnama Studies III focuses on the hugely successful afterlife of the Shahnama or Book of Kings, completed by the poet Firdausi around 1010 AD. This long epic grew out to be an icon of Persian culture and served as a source of inspiration for art and literature, leaving its traces in manifold …
Mughal Occidentalism
Artistic Encounters between Europe and Asia at the Courts of India, 1580-1630
Av Mika Natif
Inbunden, 2018
1922 kr
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In Mughal Occidentalism, Mika Natif elucidates the meaningful and complex ways in which Mughal artists engaged with European art and techniques from the 1580s-1630s. Using visual and textual sources, this book argues that artists repurposed Christian and Renaissance visual idioms to embody themes …
Lives of the Prophets
The Illustrations to Hafiz-i Abru’s “Assembly of Chronicles”
Inbunden, 2018
2518 kr
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In Lives of the Prophets: The Illustrations to Hafiz-i Abru’s “Assembly of Chronicles” Mohamad Reza Ghiasian analyses two extant copies of the Majmaʿ al-tawarikh produced for the Timurid ruler Shahrukh (r. 1405–1447). The first manuscript is kept in Topkapı Palace and the second is widely …
Four Central Asian Shrines
A Socio-Political History of Architecture
Inbunden, 2021
1159 kr
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In Central Asia, Muslim shrines have served as community centers for centuries, particularly the large urban shrines that seem, in many cases, to have served as the inspiration as well for a city’s architectural development. In Four Central Asian Shrines: A Socio-Political History of Architecture …
Relational Iconography, Representational Culture at the Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu Courts (853 / 1449 CE to 907 / 1501 CE)
Av Georg Leube
Inbunden, 2023
2566 kr
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In Relational Iconography: Representational Culture at the Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu Courts (853 / 1449 CE to 907 / 1501 CE), Georg Leube engages with courtly representation from an iconographical perspective, tracing the intersecting agencies of courtly actors negotiating multiple normativities …
Persian Miniatures Collection of the Rijksmuseum, A Hidden Treasure Trove
Inbunden, 2024
1693 kr
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The present book offers an elaborate art historical study of the collection of Persian miniatures at the Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam. The collection includes detached folios, which are the most significant in any Dutch collection. The artworks, catalogued thorougly in this book for the first time, …
Mongols, Tatars, and Turks in the Persianate World
Essays in Honor of István Vásáry
Av Ferenc Csirkes, Benedek Péri
Inbunden, 2025
2018 kr
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Celebrating the scholarly legacy of István Vásáry, the volume discusses the interaction of Turkic and Mongol pastoral societies with sedentary Islamic cultures in Iran and Central Asia, as well as the development of the resultant Turko-Persian culture in the medieval and early modern periods. The …
