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Occult Ecumenism: Maḥmūd Dihdār Shīrāzī's Unveiling Secrets as Exemplar of Timurid-Safavid Sunni-Shiʿi Science

Iran studies, 2022
That Safavid Iran was scene to a boom in the occult sciences (ʿulum-i gharība) is now beginning to be acknowledged by specialists; what has yet to be appreciated is the extent to which that boom represented a smooth and conscious continuation of Mamluk ...
Matthew Melvin-Koushki
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Change and Continuity: Safavid Administration in Eighteenth-century Iran

Iran, 2021
The article aims to deepen knowledge concerning the continuity of the Safavid system of central bureaucracy following the fall of the Safavids through the presentation of the administrative history of a high-ranking office, majlis-nawis, and a type of ...
A. Barati
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Visual Representations of the Safavid Judicial System in the Islamic Painting Tradition

Journal of Islamic Manuscripts
The depiction of individuals with their hands tied to pālāhang reflects typical Safavid judicial convictions and customary punishments. The prevalence of these pictures suggest their significance for the Safavids.
Fariba Azhari, Mehdi Mohammadzadeh
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Aesthetic and functional analysis of mosque entrance areas in Ottoman and Safavid Empires: a comparative study

Cogent Arts & Humanities
This study aims to thoroughly investigate the architectural complexities and historical relevance buried in mosque entrances, particularly those reflecting the Ottoman and Safavid architectural styles.
Masoumeh Khanzadeh
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The rise and demise of Safavid-Kizilbash millenarianism in Western Asia: an ecosystemic institutionalist explanation

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2021
This paper makes two main contributions to Safavid-Kizilbash studies. First, it subjects millenarianism of the Safavid-Kizilbash movement, which has been commonly accepted but only briefly mentioned thus far, to analytical scrutiny by using concepts from
Adnan Türegün
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Two Velvet Letter Pouches and Their Role in Safavid Diplomacy

The Textile Museum Journal
:The Designmuseum Danmark in Copenhagen holds two Iranian letter pouches on loan from the Danish National Archives. Sewn from two differently patterned, cut, voided velvets, these pouches are exquisite works of Safavid textile art.
Anna Jolly, Corinne Mühlemann
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The Safavid Buffer: Co-Sectarian Rivalry in Early Modern Ottoman Diplomacy with Sunni Asia

Journal of Early Modern History
This paper offers a new perspective on Ottoman-Safavid-Mughal relations in the early modern period by exploring the broader historical context of Swedish envoy Claes Rålamb’s report of the advice offered by the Ottoman chief mufti (the highest-ranking ...
Habib Saçmalı
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Safavid Commercial History

2021
Safavid, Iran, was a modest economic player in West and South Asia in terms of population numbers, productivity, and resources. Yet its strategic location at the crossroads of Asia’s commercial arteries allowed it to punch well above its weight in terms of trade—especially trade in transit. The reign of Shah ‘Abbas I (r.
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Sinem Arcak Casale, Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500-1639

Osmanlı Araştırmaları
Sinem Arcak Casale, Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500-1639, Chicago, London: The University of Chicago Press, 2023, x + 326 p., ISBN: 978-0-226-82042-2.
Damla Gürkan Anar
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European Erotica as House Ornament in Safavid Iran

Visual Anthropology
This essay explores Persian wall paintings featuring seminude and erotic representations of European women, discovered mainly in private Safavid residences in Isfahan. In starting this exploration I have documented these unconventional artistic creations
Fatemeh Tashakori
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