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Samarqand’s Congregational Mosque of Bibi Khanum as a Representation of Timurid Legitimacy and Rulership

open access: yesManazir Journal, 2023
The Bibi Khanum Congregational Mosque is the largest Timurid monument in Samarqand. Commissioned by Timur himself after his military campaign in India in 1399, the architecture of the mosque can be interpreted as a visual representation of Timur’s ...
Elena Paskaleva
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Sociological Analysis of Shahrashoob as a Local Poetry History in the Timurid Era [PDF]

open access: yesMatn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2018
Local historiography has not been considered as a form of historiography in Iran, especially during the Timurid period. Meanwhile, one of the types of local historiography is the poetic historiography, and a kind of poetic history spread during the ...
Mohsen Parvish, zekrollah mohammadi
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A comparative comparison of women position in the music assemblies of the Timurid and Safavid periods based on the surviving Painting [PDF]

open access: yesزن در فرهنگ و هنر, 2020
During the reign of the Timurids, the art of painting reached such a level of development and evaluation that it became a model for all future schools of painting in Iran.
Habib Shahbazi Shiran   +3 more
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The Idea of the Just Ruler and the Art Patron in Persianate Calligraphy

open access: yesManazir Journal, 2023
Jaʿfar Tabrizi (1383–1455) is one of the most famous Timurid calligraphers and was the chief of prince Baysonqor’s (1397–1433) library. Under his supervision, some of the most prestigious Herati manuscripts were created.
Hamid Reza Ghelichkhani
doaj   +1 more source

The soul of the soil: Unearthing a Nation's eco‐empathy through 1200 years of Persian poetry

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1987-2002, June 2026.
Abstract Cultivating a profound sense of connection with the natural world, conceptualized as eco‐empathy, is increasingly recognized as a vital precursor to effective environmental stewardship. While scientific data frame ecological crises, literary traditions offer a unique archive for tracing the history of this empathetic bond. This study positions
Isa Esfandiarpour‐Boroujeni   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyses and architectural typology of preserved traditional mosques in the old city of Herat in Afghanistan: the case of Quzzat Quarter

open access: yesBuilt Heritage, 2022
The study aims to analyse the architectural typology and determine the period of construction for the preserved traditional mosques of the Quzzat Quarter in the Old City of Herat (known as the Pearl of Khorasan).
Ghulam Mohammad Asim, Hajime Shimizu
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Inner Asian Agropastoralism Within the Mongol Empire: Multi‐Proxy Investigations at Sel'Ungur Cave, Kyrgyzstan

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 40, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT Agropastoralism has been a widespread subsistence strategy in Central Asia from prehistory to the present. While significant research has aimed at understanding past agropastoral communities in the region, reconstructing a generalized economic model remains challenging due to the complex topographic and ecological conditions, as well as its ...
G. Brancaleoni   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The History of Kazakhstan in the Early Timurid Historiography

open access: yesӘл-Фараби Атындағы Қазақ Ұлттық Университеті хабаршы шығыстану сериясы, 2021
This article considers works of the early Timurid historiography: the Zafar-name, the Shams al-Husn, and the Muntakhab al-Tavarikh-i Mu‘ini. The Zafar-name played an important role in the formation of the Timurid historiography.
Zh.M. Tulibayeva , Т.E. Tulibayev
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A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?

open access: yesHistory Compass, Volume 23, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.
ABSTRACT The field of medieval Middle East history has seen a renewed attention to the use of documentary sources in recent years. These sources have long seen some neglect, and their interpretation has suffered from a stubborn narrative of paucity that has tended to relegate them to the fringe of this history. With the impact of other scholarly trends
Daisy Livingston
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Study of the Sheikh Sanan Story in the Mantegh-al Teyr of Atar and Timurid Paintings [PDF]

open access: yesهنر اسلامی, 2015
Sheikh Sanan is amongst one of the oldest stories in Persian literature which is also considered as one of the well-known narrations of Atar’s Mantegh al Teyr.
Mehdi Mohammad Zadeh, Vida Ghasemi
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