On the Origins of the Shrine of ‘Abd al-Samad in Natanz: The Case for a Revised Chronology [PDF]
This article proposes a re-examination of the phases of construction and decoration at the shrine of ‘Abd al-Samad in Natanz and demonstrates that the core fabric and elements of architectural revetments of the shrine are datable to the Seljuq period ...
Grbanovic, Ana Marija, McClary, Richard
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Dash Kasan; an imperial architecture in the Mongol capital of Sultaniyya [PDF]
By the time of Kublai’s death, the Mongol Empire had fractured into four separate khanates or empires including the Golden Horde [Kipchak] in the northwest, the Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia, the Ilkhanate, based in modern-day Iran, and the Yuan ...
Moradi, Amin
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The Reinvention of Padishah-i Islam in the Visual Representations of Ghazan Khan: (English Version) [PDF]
This article discusses how the visualization of Mahmud Ghazan, the sixth Ilkhanid ruler, was employed to construct and propagate his image as the Padishah-i Islam (King of Islam), thus justifying him both as king of Iranshahr (land of Iran) and the ...
Latifkar, Azade
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Architectural and Spatial Design studies of Sahibabad, Tabriz, Iran in the Persian Miniature Painting “Nighttime in a Palace” [PDF]
From the end of the 6th century AH until the beginning of the 10th century AH, which is generally referred to as the Ilkhanid (Timurid-Turkmen) architectural word for this time, Tabriz was one of the most significant and influential cities in the art and
Mina Sarabi, Lida Balilan Asl
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Between Tradition and Innovation : the Art of Ilkhanid Stucco Revetments in Iran [PDF]
Carved stucco is the architectural revetment medium par excellence in Iran; its history began in Achaemenid, Parthian and Sasanian times, gained paramount significance in the Early Islamic, Seljuq and Ilkhanid periods and experienced a revival under the ...
Grbanovic, Ana Marija
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Subversive Skylines: Local History and the Rise of the Sayyids in Mongol Yazd [PDF]
This article examines the emergence of the Ḥusaynī sayyids as key facilitators of the Mongols’ acculturation to Islamo-Persianate society and traces the expansion of their influence at imperial courts through the seventeenth century. Previous scholarship
Mancini-Lander, Derek
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Comparative Comparison of Geometric Designs of Kerman Jami Mosque with Yazd Jami Mosque with an Emphasis on Porches and Entrances [PDF]
Architects and artists have long been fascinated by the use of geometric decorations in the construction of buildings, especially religious buildings.
Sasan Samanian +2 more
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Studing of decorative characteristics of Kermanid artists stucco works in Ilkhanid until beginning of the Timurid Era [PDF]
Ilkhanids, is a title that name to Holaku’s successors and they ruled modern iran and also part of around lands from about 633 A.H to 756 A.H and governments like; AL-e Mozafar, AL-e Injuid, AL-e Kurt some, contemporary to them and by accepting Ilkhanids
Ahmad Salehi Kakhki +2 more
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IN THE FOLDS OF TIME: RASHĪD AL‐DĪN ON THEORIES OF HISTORICITY
ABSTRACT By focusing on Rashīd al‐Dīn's (d. 718/1318) historiographical oeuvre and here in particular his “History of the World,” this article challenges the usual approach to his Jāmiʿ al‐tawārīkh (Compendium of Chronicles) and argues that his was a deeply pluralistic enterprise in a world with many centers, tremendous demographic change, high social ...
JUDITH PFEIFFER
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Reframing the Mongols in 1260 : the Armenians, the Mongols and the Magi [PDF]
The irruption of the Mongols led to profound changes in the political, cultural and confessional climate of the thirteenth-century Near East. While many did not survive the initial onslaught and the years of turmoil that followed, and rulers that opposed
Stewart, Angus
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