Travelling Across Cultures: Some Aspects of the Safavid Envoys’ Travels to Venice
The paper aims to explore the practical aspects of the Safavid envoys’ travels to Venice in the sixteenth and the first part of the seventeenth centuries.
Guliyev, Ahmad
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Gendered and Ethnic Captivity and Slavery in Safavid Persia: A Literature Review
The Safavid society’s approach to sexuality and gender has made it a reference for the “pre-modern” discourse, in which gender and sexuality manifest—in contemporary terminology—queerness and fluidity.
Ladan Rahbari
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National Conflict for Power at the Safavid Court (1501 – 1722)
After the establishment of the Safavid state (1501-1722), which was a radical Shiite military state, Iran experienced a fierce ethnic struggle for power, especially among the nations that supported the Safavid dynasty in establishing their state ...
Delzar Salih Sadiq
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Examination of the Quranic Narrative in the Safavid Historiography of Shah Ismail's Rise to Power [PDF]
The ascension of Shah Ismail Safavi (907-930 AH) and the establishment of the Safavid dynasty constitute one of the most significant events in Iranian history.
mahmoud mehmannavaz
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The Effect of Mithraism on Safavid Tangled-Fish Design Carpets [PDF]
Carpets have undergone one of the stages of prosperity and richness during the Safavid period. In this historic period, the establishment of large royal workshops under the support of the Safavid government paved the way for the creation of beautiful ...
Hamid reza Avishi +2 more
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Social characteristics of clerics in the Safavid period (1501-1722) [PDF]
Clerics played a pivotal role and influence in the educational, socio -governmental structure of the Safavid era. Therefore, in order to understand the social status of clerics, it is necessary to survey and specify general educational process and their ...
Mahdi Dehghani
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Iranian Painting, A Government Multi-Purpose Media (Case Study: Safavid Period Garden Painting) [PDF]
Problem Definition: As a multifaceted medium, garden paintings have included the social structure and power relations of the Safavids. The scientific challenge of the current research is to identify the ideology of the Safavid government in the hidden ...
Soniya Nouri +3 more
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The Role of Schools in the Production and Writing of Jurisprudential Works in the First Safavid Period according to the Manuscripts of Iranian Libraries [PDF]
Objective: The main aim of this research is to determine the centers and schools for the reproduction of jurisprudential sources and to study the frequency of jurisprudential works written in Shiite schools in the first Safavid period.Methodology: Due ...
Habibollah Azimi
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Values and Tendencies of Islamic Philosophy on Safavid Residential Architecture; Case Study: Safavid New Jolfa Houses [PDF]
Architecture, as a form of civilization, has always represented the deepest spiritual tendencies of a nation; such a notion is constantly deliberated upon when studying Islamic architecture. Traditional Islamic architecture is deeply intertwined with the
Mahsa Majidi +2 more
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The Mythical Conceptualization of Animal Figures in Kashan Carpets and the Shahnameh of Tahmasp from the Safavid Period (10th–11th century AH / 16th–17th century CE) within the Framework of Political Legitimacy: Representations of the Natural Order [PDF]
The most prominent manifestation of animal motifs in the history of art in the Ancient Near East up to the flourishing period of Safavid art can be observed in visual arts and crafts. The widespread use and remarkable similarities of animal motifs in the
Elaheh Panjehbashi, Negar Najibi
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