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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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The Political and Religious Role and Influence of the Tabarra'iyan in Safavid Governance [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخیFollowing the establishment of the Safavid Kingdom by Shah Ismail I, the utilization of the tabarrā (disavowal/imprecation) to create a religious distinction led to the formation of a group called the Tabarrā’iyyān (or Tabarra'is).
Akbar Bayat +2 more
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Afterlives of the Persian Gifts to Versailles
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 279-295, September 2024.Abstract The fate of diplomatic gifts after their presentation can reveal patterns of instability and shifting narratives on the items themselves and how they were perceived and received at the time. Often, these important pieces of material evidence disappear or are decontextualised from their exchange.
Samantha Happe
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Role of the Shamloos in the Establishment and the Continuation of the Safavid Government (1501-1576) [PDF]
پژوهش های تاریخی, 2015 According to historical information, the Shamloos were one of the greatest and most numerous tribes of Qezelbash [that is, special troops of Safavids] who had a significant role in the founding of the Safavid government.
Forough Bazgir, jahanbakhsh savagheb
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Muslim-Christian Polemics in Safavid Iran [Book Review] [PDF]
Journal of World Sociopolitical StudiesMuslim–Christian Polemics in Safavid Iran by Alberto Tiburcio presents a fascinating and detailed account of the life and work of ʿAli Quli Jadid al-Islam, a Portuguese Augustinian priest who converted to Islam in Safavid Iran.
Maede Poorsafaee
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 34, Issue 3, May/June 2024.Abstract The urban planning work carried out in the old seminary district of Lleida, over an area of more than 6,000 m2, uncovered important remains of the old Cuirassa quarter. This quarter was inhabited by the Jewish aljama between the 12th century and the end of the 15th century CE.
Ariadna Nieto‐Espinet +4 more
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Zainab's traffic: spatial lives of an Islamic ritual across Southwest Asia
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 168-186, March 2024.Abstract Since the 1979 Revolution, Iranian pilgrims have engaged in saint visitation (ziyarat) to sites in Syria. By travelling via Turkey on buses, and venerating Sayyida Zainab at their destination, these pilgrims disrupt conventional conceptions of not only Islamic ritual, but also Iranian mobility under sanctions.
Emrah Yıldız
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Iranian classical dance as a subject for empirical research: An elusive genre
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1533, Issue 1, Page 51-72, March 2024.Iranian classical dance is a rich resource for academic research, both for humanities scholarship and for the empirical disciplines (e.g., empirical aesthetics, experimental psychology, affective neuroscience). To support such research, this paper (a) describes the aesthetics, characteristics, and history of Iranian classical dance; (b) outlines issues
Julia F. Christensen +2 more
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The Economic History Review, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 60-89, February 2024.Abstract This paper contributes to a growing literature on state capacity with reference to the early modern Asian empires. The historiography of these states, and especially the Mughal empire of South Asia, has moved away from an image of unrestrained despotism towards that of a constrained state, but has yet to explore fully what these constraints ...
Safya Morshed
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Safevi-Şiraz Üslûbu Hamse-i Nizâmî Nüshasının Tezhipleri
Konya Sanat, 2020 Şah İsmail tarafından 1501 yılında, bugünkü İran topraklarında kurulan Safevi Devleti, kendinden önceki Timurluların ve Türkmenlerin köklü kültür ve sanat birikimi üzerine inşa edilmiştir.
Ayşe Zehra Sayın, Ahmet Çaycı
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