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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A Comparative Study of Safavid Pottery in Kerman and Mashhad And the Influence of Chinese art on them [PDF]
Safavid pottery, like the other arts in this period has experienced considerable growth and dynamism. In this period masterpieces of pottery, from lusterware and “blue and white" to the Celadon and Kubachi and Gombroon have been produced in numerous ...
Abbas Akbari, Ali Sadeghi Taheri
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Land use maps based on 1839, 2011, and 2018. Abstract This study evaluates land use transformation in Kandahar's old city, also known as Ahmad Shahi city, the birthplace and first capital of modern Afghanistan. The city consists of four rectangular quarters and is surrounded by a high strong mud wall, entrance gates, and a moat.
Javed Ahmad Farooqi, Hiroko Ono
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The Geography of Production and Dissemination of Shiite Translations during the Safavid Period [PDF]
Translation—particularly its temporal and geographic dimensions—has received limited scholarly attention during the Safavid period. During this era, translators undertook the task of rendering select texts with the explicit aim of advancing and ...
Mahdi Bazrgar Khezer Beygi +2 more
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Study, typology and classification of carving decorations in the Atiq Mosque of Isfahan With emphasis on the works of Safavid and Qajar periods. [PDF]
The use of carving technique is one of the most commonly used architectural decorations in the Islamic buildings that the large number of samples being displayed in the mosques of Isfahan.
farid ahmadzadeh +3 more
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Influences of Construction and Decoration Methods of Safavid Potteries & Ceramics on the Qajar Same Samples. [PDF]
Research on the Iranian Potteries In addition to familiarity with the culture of rules over this land reveals the continuing effects of this art in different periods.
Zahra Ghasemi, Ali Asghar Shirazi
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A Comparative Review of the Characteristics of Qur'anic Manuscripts of the Herat Method in the Timurid and Safavid Periods [PDF]
Objective: In this research, by comparing the features of the Qur'anic manuscripts of the Herat method in the Timurid and Safavid periods, it was seeking to identify the prescription pillars of these Qurans, and based on that, it identified other Qurans ...
Hassan Ali Faridouni +3 more
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Investigating and Analyzing the Performance of Safavid Era Women in Promoting Science and Scientific Centers [PDF]
Introduction: Women as half of the effective population of the society, they always have an active presence in various aspects of social life. If one of the fields in which women are influential is paying attention to learning and promoting it.
Hadi Bayati +1 more
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Wrestling: An Integral Part of Iranian Fighting Arts
Wrestling played and has been playing a very important role in Iranian cultural heritage. First, the present article discusses the terms and different uses of wrestling techniques be it in unarmed duels or in combination with weapons.
Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani
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Comparative analysis of the structure of prefaces of history books and Safavid era tazkerehs [PDF]
The preface is the entrance of the reader and the writer to the main text. The tradition of preface writing flourished in the 4th and 5th centuries of Hijri and reached its peak and elevation in the Timurid period.
Zahra HajMohammadi +1 more
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