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Relational Iconography, Representational Culture At The Qaraquyunlu And Aqquyunlu Courts (853 / 1449 Ce To 907 / 1501 Ce)

by Georg Leube

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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 and traditions. While the courtly culture of the Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu dynasties (15th century C.E.) is commonly interpreted as an intermezzo in Persianate and Islamicate cultural history, it is here framed as an ideal field to explore a relational approach that challenges established dichotomies and ideal types. By reading multiple mediums and discourses into each other, Georg Leube shows how courtly performance is rooted in iconographical repertoires that resonated with different networks and groups inside the 'Turkmen' realms.
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Shahnama Studies I

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 The first volume in the series Studies in Persian Cultural History is the edited volume based on the papers from the Second Shahnama round-table, held in 2003 in Cambridge and published by Charles Melville in 2006 (The Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge).The Shahnama, or 'Book of Kings', by the Persian poet Firdausi (completed in 1010 A.D.) is a verse epic that narrates the history of the Iranian people from the earliest times to the collapse of the Persian Empire in the early seventh century. Based on orally-transmitted legends and written sources now lost, Firdausi's lifetime's work retells the myths and legends of ancient Iran, interweaving stories of the successive dynasties and Shahs from the first king, Kayumars, down to the last ill-fated Sasanian monarch, Yazdagird III (murdered by a miller in the Merv oasis), with accounts of combats with monstrous beasts, hunting exploits and gargantuan feasting. The poem recounts the first ordering of society under Jamshid, with the domestication of animals and the learning of crafts, the glory and hubris of the Shahs tempted by their power to indulge in acts of tyranny and folly, the strained relations between the rulers and their cahmpions, the introduction of Zoroastrianism, the legendary conquests of Alexander the Great, and finally the contest between Persia and byzantium for dominion in the Middle East. The Shahnama is a defining work of Persian literature, providing multi-layered paradigms of Iran's experience of monarchical rule, of her relations with her neighbours to East and West, and of the traditional values of civilised society. Although the arbitrary and often cruel workings of Fate frequently determine the cuorse of events, Firdausi persistently urges his heroes to take responsibility for their actions, guided by the twin virtues of justices and wisdom.This volume brings together a collection of papers exploring many different aspects of the Shahnama, both as literature and as the object of royal patronage. It focuses particularly on the manuscripts in which the poem has been preserved from the thirteenth century onwards, and the relationships between Firdausi's text and the rich variety of the miniature paintings created to illustrate it.
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Mongols, Tatars, And Turks In The Persianate World - Essays In Honor Of Istvan Vasary

by Benedek Peri e Ferenc Csirkes

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 Celebrating the scholarly legacy of Istvan Vasary, 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 essays present this through a whole range of topics, such as Mongol and post-Mongol political culture, relations between the Mings of China and the Timurids of Central Asia and Iran, Central Asian weaponry, the vocabulary of pandemics and drinking culture in Turkic, Turkic ethnonyms, the structure of the aristocracy in the Crimean khanate, Sufi connections between Turkish Anatolia and the Golden Horde, literary multilingualism in Turkic, Persian, and Arabic, Central Asian epics, as well as Iranian scribal practices. Contributors: Imre Baski, Gergely Csiky, Ferenc Csirkes, Devin DeWeese, Peter Golden, Maria Ivanics, David Morgan , Benedek Peri, Zsombor Rajkai, Miklos Sarkozy, Emadaldin Sheikhalhokamaee, David Somfai Kara, Uli Schamiloglu, and Thomas Welsford.
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Persian Miniatures Collection Of The Rijksmuseum, A Hidden Treasure Trove

by Forough Sajadi

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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, range in date from the thirteenth century until the early twentieth century, and cover diverse subject matters.
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Four Central Asian Shrines - A Socio-Political History Of Architecture

by R.D. Mcchesney

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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 R. D. McChesney documents the histories of four such long-standing shrines-Gur-i Mir at Samarqand, Khwajah Abu Nasr Parsa Mazar at Balkh, the Noble Rawzah at Mazar-i Sharif, and the Khirqat al-Nabi at Qandahar. In all four cases the creation and evolution of the architecture of these shrines is traced through narratives about their social and political histories and in the past century and a half, through the photographic record.
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Sea Of Chronicles (Muhit Al-Tavarikh)

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 The Sea of Chronicles is an English translation of the ninth and tenth chapters of the historiographical work entitled Muhit al-tavarikh by Muhammad Amin b. Mirza Muhammad Zaman Bukhari. The work is a valuable source in particular for the study of the late seventeenth-century Central Asian political, cultural and religious history. The ninth chapter offers accounts of the Timurid, Abulkhayrid/Shaybanid and the first four Ashatrkhanid khans. The tenth chapter which is the most original and important chapter of the work presents a detailed account of the life and time of the last great Ashatkhanid ruler, Subhan Quli Khan (r. 1682-1702), revealing historical information essential for the study of the period and region.
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Lives Of The Prophets - The Illustrations To Hafiz-I Abru'S &Quote;Assembly Of Chronicles&Quote;

by Mohamad Reza Ghiasian

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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 Majma? al-tawarikh produced for the Timurid ruler Shahrukh (r. 1405-1447). The first manuscript is kept in Topkapi Palace and the second is widely dispersed. Codicological analysis of these manuscripts not only allows a better understanding of Hafiz-i Abru's contributions to rewriting earlier history, but has served to identify the existence of a previously unrecognised copy of the Jami? al-tawarikh produced at Rashid al-Din's scriptorium. Through a meticulous close reading of both text and image, Mohamad Reza Ghiasian convincingly proves that numerous paintings of the dispersed manuscript were painted over the text before its dispersal in the early twentieth century.
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Mughal Occidentalism - Artistic Encounters Between Europe And Asia At The Courts Of India, 1580-1630

by Mika Natif

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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 from classical Persian literature and represent Mughal policy, ideology and dynastic history. A reevaluation of illustrated manuscripts and album paintings incorporating landscape scenery, portraiture, and European objects demonstrates that the appropriation of European elements was highly motivated by Mughal concerns. This book aims to establish a better understanding of cross-cultural exchange from the Mughal perspective by emphasizing the agency of local artists active in the workshops of Emperors Akbar and Jahangir.
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Shahnama Studies Iii - The Reception Of The Shahnama

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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 ways. The contributors to this volume each treat an aspect of the rich legacy of the Shahnama and offer new insights in Shahnama manuscript studies, the illustration of the Shahnama, the phenomenon of later epics, and the Shahnama in later texts and contexts.
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?Ali Qoli Jebadar Et L'Occidentalisme Safavide - Une Etude Sur Les Peintures Dites Farangi Sazi, Leurs Milieux Et Commanditaires Sous Shah Soleiman (1666-94)

by Negar Habibi

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 In ?Ali Qoli Jebadar et l'Occidentalism safavide Negar Habibi provides a fresh account of the life and works of ?Ali Qoli Jebadar, 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 ?Ali Qoli Jebadar's most important works. In addition, the volume offers us new insights into both the artistic and socio-political evolution of Iranian society in the last days of pre-modern Iran. By carefully consulting the historical sources, Negar Habibi demonstrates the possibility of a female and eunuch patronage in the seventeenth-century paintings known as farangi sazi, while suggesting the use of the term "Occidentalism" for those Safavid paintings that show some exotic and alien details of the Western world. ?Ali Qoli Jebadar et l'Occidentalisme safavide offre un nouveau recit de la vie et des uvres de ?Ali Qoli Jebadar. Recueillant plusieurs peintures et signatures de l'artiste, Negar Habibi expose a la discussion de divers titres royaux de l'artiste. ?Ali Qoli Jebadar et l'Occidentalisme safavide approfondit egalement nos connaissances sur l'evolution artistique et socio-politique de la societe iranienne a l'aube du modernisme. En consultant sans cesse les sources historiques, Negar Habibi montre la possibilite du patronage feminin et eunuque dans les peintures connues sous le nom de farangi sazi au XVIIe siecle, tout en suggerant l'utilisation d'un nouveau titre comme l'Occidentalisme pour ces peintures safavides qui montrent des details exotiques et etrangers appartenant au monde occidental.
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Kashefi'S Anvar-E Sohayli - Rewriting Kalila Wa-Dimna In Timurid Herat

by Christine Van Ruymbeke

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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 across its full rewriting history. This analysis shows how Kashefi's additions function as an invaluable commentary that opens up our understanding and the appreciation of this seminal text. This studies revisits several received ideas and current misapprehensions about the text and shows why it has been such an international best-seller before being unjustly relegated to children's literature. In Van Ruymbeke's words, Kalila wa-Dimna is a grim text, exposing the mechanisms of sophisticated psychological manipulation and exploring universal philosophical themes, known since Antiquity and still relevant today.
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Arthur Upham Pope And A New Survey Of Persian Art

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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 was credited for establishing the basis of what we now categorize broadly as Persian art. His unrivalled professional achievement, together with his personal charisma, influenced the way in which many scholars and collectors worldwide came to understand the art, architecture and material culture of the Persian world. This ultimately resulted in the establishment of the aesthetic criteria for assessing the importance of cultural remains from modern-day Iran. With contributions by Lindsay Allen, Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Talinn Grigor, Robert Hillenbrand, Yuka Kadoi, Sumru Belger Krody, Judith A. Lerner, Kimberly Masteller, Cornelia Montgomery, Bernard O'Kane, Keelan Overton, Laura Weinstein, and Donald Whitcomb.
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Medieval Reception Of The Shahnama As A Mirror For Princes

by Nasrin Askari

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 Nasrin Askari explores the medieval reception of Firdausi's Shahnama, 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 Firdausi's oeuvre was primarily understood as a book of wisdom and advice for kings and courtly elites. In order to illustrate the ways in which the Shahnama functions as a mirror for princes, Askari analyses the account about Ardashir, the founder of the Sasanian dynasty, as an ideal king in the Shahnama. Within this context, she explains why the idea of the union of kingship and religion, a major topic in almost all medieval Persian mirrors for princes, has often been attributed to Ardashir.
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Qazaqliq, Or Ambitious Brigandage, And The Formation Of The Qazaqs - State And Identity In Post-Mongol Central Eurasia

by Joo-Yup Lee

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 2017 CESS Book Award Winner In Qazaqliq, 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 qazaqliq, or the qazaq way of life, a custom of political vagabondage widespread among the Turko-Mongolian peoples of Central Asia and the Qipchaq Steppe during the post-Mongol period. Utilizing a broad range of original sources, the book suggests that the Qazaqs, as well as the Shibanid Uzbeks and Ukrainian Cossacks, came into existence as a result of the qazaq, or "ambitious brigand," activities of their founders, providing a new paradigm for understanding state formation and identity in post-Mongol Central Eurasia.
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Sistani Cycle Of Epics And Iran'S National History - On The Margins Of Historiography

by Saghi Gazerani

~~238,50€~~ 190,80€ 20% OFF

 This work examines the entire corpus of the Sistani Cycle of Epics, both parts included in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh 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 Iran's antiquity.By examining the symbiotic relationship of the texts' content and form, the underpinning discourse of the various stories is revealed to have been shaped by polemics of political legitimacy and religious conflict. This discourse, however, is not abstract. The stories narrate, within their generic constraint, some of the affairs of the Sistani kingdom and its relationship to the Parthian throne, mainly from the first century BCE to the end of the second century CE.
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Faramarz, The Sistani Hero - Texts And Traditions Of The Faramarzname And The Persian Epic Cycle

by Marjolijn Van Zutphen

~~499,53€~~ 399,62€ 20% OFF

 In Faramarz, the Sistani Hero Marjolijn van Zutphen discusses the manuscripts, storylines and main themes of the shorter and the longer Faramarzname (c. 1100), in relation to Ferdowsi's Shahname and several other later masnawis about the warriors from Sistan (the Persian Epic Cycle). Faramarz, a secondary figure of the Shahname, gained importance in later epic traditions and as the invincible protagonist of both Faramarznames reached a status that equalled, if not surpassed, that of his famous father Rostam. Van Zutphen further shows how Faramarz displays parallels to the fictional figures of Garshasp (his ancestor) and Eskandar and argues that some story elements of Faramarz's Indian conquest may be rooted in historical events from both the Parthian and the Ghaznawid period.
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Muhit Al-Tavarikh (The Sea Of Chronicles) - By Muhammad Amin B. Mirza Muhammad Zaman Bukhari (Sufiyani)

by Forogh Hashabeiky e Mehrdad Fallahzadeh

~~368,35€~~ 294,68€ 20% OFF

 This study provides a critical edition of chapters nine and ten of Muhit al-tavarikh (The Sea of Chronicles) by Muhammad Amin b. Mirza Muhammad Zaman Bukhari (Sufiyani). Muhit al-tavarikh is a valuable source for the study of late seventeenth-century Central Asian history, historiography, and language. The present work represents the first critical edition of a primary source of Subhan Quli Khan's reign. The ninth chapter (bab) offers accounts of the Timurid kings, Abulkhayrid/Shaybanid and the first four Ashtarkhanid/Janid khans. The tenth chapter presents a detailed account of the life and times of "the last great" Ashtarkhanid/Janid khan, Subhan Quli Bahadur (1682-1702), revealing historical information essential for scholars of the period and region.
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Politics, Poetry, And Sufism In Medieval Iran - New Perspectives On Jami'S Salaman Va Absal

by Chad Lingwood

~~217,30€~~ 173,84€ 20% OFF

 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 Sultan Ya'qub (d. 896/1490), leader of the Aq Qoyunlu. The basis of the study is Salaman va Absal, a Persian allegorical romance 'Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. 898/1492), the great Timurid belletrist and Naqshbandi Sufi, dedicated to Ya'qub. Lingwood demonstrates that Salaman va Absal, which modern critics have dismissed as 'crude' and 'grotesque,' is a sophisticated work of political and mystical advice for a Muslim ruler. In the process, he challenges received wisdom concerning Jami, the Aq Qoyunlu, and Perso-Islamic advice literature. Significantly, the study illustrates the extent to which Jami's compositions integrated the Timurid and Aq Qoyunlu realms.
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Shahnama Studies Ii - The Reception Of Firdausi'S Shahnama

~~303,43€~~ 242,74€ 20% OFF

 This volume explores different aspects of the reception of Firdausi's Shahnama or 'Book of Kings', both within Iran and in neighbouring lands. Later poets and writers not only looked to Firdausi's work for a model, but supplemented its stories with other narratives or absorbed the characters and the moral values of the poem into their own works. Several chapters focus on the literary traditions fed by the Shahnama, including reports of the continuing oral performances of its more popular stories. Others discuss Firdausi's impact on the creative imagination of the miniature painters who illustrated manuscript copies of the Shahnama in the courts of the Ottoman Empire, Moghul India, and the Central Asia Khanates up till the seventeenth century.Contributors include Gabrielle van den Berg, Francesca Leoni, Farhad Mehran, Bilha Moor, Adeela Qureshi, Ravshan Rahmoni, Julia Rubanovich, Karin Ruehrdanz, Jan Schmidt, Ivan Steblin-Kamenski, Zeren Tanindi, Lale Uluc, Evangelos Venetis, Olga Yastrebova, and Marjolijn van Zutphen.
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Alexander Histories And Iranian Reflections - Remnants Of Propaganda And Resistance

by Parivash Jamzadeh

~~231,88€~~ 185,50€ 20% OFF

 Alexander the Great's military campaign to conquer the Achaemenid empire included a propaganda campaign to convince the Iranians his kingship was compatible with their religious and cultural norms. This campaign proved so successful that the overt display of Alexander's Iranian and Zoroastrian preferences alienated some of his Greek and Macedonian allies. Parivash Jamzadeh shows how this original propaganda material displayed multiple layers of Iranian influences. Additionally she demonstrates that the studied sources do not always offer an accurate account of the contemporary Iranian customs, and occasionally included historical inaccuracies. One of the most interesting finds in this study is the confusion of historical sources that arose between the opponents Darius III and Alexander. Jamzadeh argues that the Iranian propaganda regarding Alexander the Great has contributed to this confusion.

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