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Nimatullahi Sufi Order, Safavids and Interviews on Nimatullahi Sufi Order (2014-2015)
In dem sehr bekannten Werk “Der marginale Sufismus” von Ahmet Yaşar Ocak ist der außergewöhnliche Stellenwert der Nimetullâh in der türkischen Safevi Historie besonders interessant.
Ahmet KUCUKKALFA, Küçükkalfa, Ahmet
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Afterlives of the Persian Gifts to Versailles
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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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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Some Games, Entertainment, and Performances That Were Organized in the Safavids in the 17th Century By Seen the Travellers [PDF]
Safevi Devleti’nde halkın vakit geçirmek için oynadığı bazı oyunlar dışında Safevişahları tarafından düzenlenen büyük organizasyonlar ile halkın eğlenmesi sağlanırdı.Eğlenceye düşkün oldukları bilinen çoğu Safevi şahı, düzenlenen bu gösterileri büyükbir ...
Erdoğan, Eralp
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Zainab's traffic: spatial lives of an Islamic ritual across Southwest Asia
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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The Study of Developments of Iran's Relations with Russia during Safavid Period [PDF]
The manifestation of Iran's prominent place in the relations between East and West from the contemporary period is clear for history readers. This period, which partly coincided with the establishment of the national government in Iran by the Safavids ...
Ali akbar Kajbaf +2 more
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Iranian classical dance as a subject for empirical research: An elusive genre
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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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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« Towards the Interrelations of Iran and Georgia in the 16th-18th Centuries », in : Raoul Motika and Michael Ursinus, eds., Caucasia between the Ottoman Empire and Iran, 1555-1914. Wiesbaden, Reichert Verlag, 2000, pp. 121-132. [PDF]
This article offers an overview of relations between Iran and Georgia under the Safavids and into the 18th century. It draws attention to the compromise position that the Safavids were forced to adopt with regard to influence and control over Georgia, an
Matthee, Rudi
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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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