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A Harem in Disorder: Narrating Elite Female Seclusion in Late Mughal Delhi
Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 817-827, October 2025.ABSTRACT This article examines the late Mughal period, a time of dramatic political reconfiguration, to trace the relevance of practices of elite female seclusion, and particularly of the complex space of the imperial harem, to narrations of an empire under strain.
Emma Kalb
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Persian Gardens: Meanings, Symbolism, and Design [PDF]
, 2016 Culture and identity in a society can be represented in the architecture and the meanings intertwined with it. In this sense, the architecture and design are the interface for transferring meaning and identity to the nation and future generations ...
Jamei, Elmira +2 more
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A Comparative Study on Designs of Gurkanid and Safavid Textiles [PDF]
نگره, 2012 Because of having all aspects of applications among many segments of society, textile is one of the leading and largest industries in the Muslim countries, including Iran and India. For this reason Ninth to eleventh centuries AH (fifteenth to seventeenth
Maryam Moghadam, Abolfazl Firouzabad
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A Survey of the Persian Historic Bathhouses from the Safavid to the Qajar Period (With an Emphasis on Decorations and Architectural Features) [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2018 Decoration plays an important role in Islamic-Persian architecture. Being a synthesis of ancient traditions, Islamicinstructions, and different periods’ developments, this style of architecture applies various kinds of ornamentationthat convey spiritual ...
Marzyeh Ghasemi +2 more
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The Contexts and Role of Government Policies in the Development of Cultural Creativity in Safavid Iran [PDF]
Religion & Communication, 2020 Creativity in its general sense is the condition for cultural dynamism and the development of civilization. One of the strengths of contemporary Western civilization is the attraction and employment of elites.
Mohammad Mohsen Hasanpour +3 more
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Hammams and the contemporary city: the case of Isfahan, Iran [PDF]
, 2014 iFirst article (2012)Hammams, or public baths, are an essential part of the social life in urban Islam. Often, they have a rich and inspiring architecture. In Iran and, in particular, in Isfahan – a large and historic city in central of Iran – numerous
Kazemi, Zahra +1 more
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More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran
Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT This study examines a particular form of ethnic resentment, namely the use of sport as a medium for expressing repressed ethnic feelings. It focuses on how a sports club, going beyond mere entertainment and athletics, becomes a center for disseminating ethnic sentiments. Specifically, it explores the role of Tractor, a football club founded in
Ehsan Kashfi
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Perceptions of Turkish film and television among Turkish‐Australians in Broadmeadows
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 340-355, August 2025.Abstract This article investigates the importance of Turkish film and television in preserving Turkishness among the Turkish‐Australian diaspora. Turkish film and television are found to be crucial to diversifying constructions of Turkishness in the diaspora.
Orhan Karagoz
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Muhammad Taqi al-Majlisi and Safavid Shi‘Ism: Akhbarism and Anti-sunni Polemic During the Reigns of Shah ‘Abbas the Great and Shah Safi [PDF]
, 2017 This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record.The rise of the Akhbari school in the Safavid period has been portrayed as a challenge to both the clerical power of the ʿulamaʾ and ...
Gleave, RM
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History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 201-228, June 2025.ABSTRACT The eighteenth‐century origins of colonial orientalism in India spurred not just the translation of Indian texts but the production of interstitial histories, works that were forged in the intellectual culture of the Mughal Empire and created by individuals who explicitly sought to inform and influence their new colonial patrons.
Abhishek Kaicker
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