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National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 414-425, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
wiley   +1 more source

Role of the Shamloos in the Establishment and the Continuation of the Safavid Government (1501-1576) [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش 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
doaj  

A Harem in Disorder: Narrating Elite Female Seclusion in Late Mughal Delhi

open access: yesGender &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
wiley   +1 more source

More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran

open access: yesDigest 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
wiley   +1 more source

Iran's Islamic Revolution: the Ulama, the West, nationalism, and the growth of political consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This dissertation seeks to offer an explanation for the Islamic Revolution, taking into account not only the social, political, and economic conditions of the time, but also religious and cultural elements. It seeks to determine the origins of the trends
Von Nordheim, Alex
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THE AGE OF SULEYMAN TEH MAGNIFICENT... THE CRISIS OF DIRECTION [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ اسلام, 2005
The establishment of the Ottoman Empire by migrant Turks in Asia Minor is an interesting and prominent event in the Muslim World. The wise policy of the Ottomans in confronting the powers around and the blending of various ethnicities with different ...
Subhi Labib, Farhad Pooriya-nezhad
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Shi'ism growth and decline of Sufism Khaneghahi in Azerbaijan during the Shah Tahmasp Safavid (930-984) [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌های تاریخی ایران و اسلام, 2013
Sufism as a way of thinking and a set of rules and practices specific to the receptor in response to a social situation, Throughout the history of Islam and the ups and downs, reflection and inspiration from many different walks of Islamic spiritual ...
پریسا قربان‌نژاد
doaj   +1 more source

Perceptions of Turkish film and television among Turkish‐Australians in Broadmeadows

open access: yesThe 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
wiley   +1 more source

Some Games, Entertainment, and Performances That Were Organized in the Safavids in the 17th Century By Seen the Travellers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
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
core   +1 more source

FROM ETERNITY TO APOCALYPSE: TIME, NEWS, AND HISTORY BETWEEN THE MUGHAL AND BRITISH EMPIRES, 1556–1785

open access: yesHistory 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
wiley   +1 more source

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