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Akbar's History of the Timurids [PDF]

open access: yesIran, 2021
In around 1584, while based in his capital at Fatehpur-Sikri, Akbar commissioned a history of Timur and his successors, including his own reign up to that date.
openaire   +1 more source

State of forgiveness: Cooperation, conciliation, and state formation in Mughal South Asia (1556–1707)

open access: yesThe 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
wiley   +1 more source

Arthur Upham Pope and his research methods in Muhammadan art:Persian carpets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper looks at the emergence of Persian carpet scholarship in the early twentieth century, and the formative role played by Arthur Upham Pope, one of the American pioneers of Iranian art studies and collecting.
Kadoi, Yuka
core   +1 more source

Physical features and social analysis of Gozar: The case of Quzzat quarter of Herat Old City, Afghanistan

open access: yesJAPAN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, Volume 7, Issue 1, January–December 2024.
The paper examines the physical characteristics of the Gozar as well as its social functions. Mainly, three main functions; political, social, and environmental, are discussed and interesting issues that have never been focused on in the regional studies. Abstract The study aims to discover the formation, functions, typology, and development process of
Ghulam Mohammad Asim, Hajime Shimizu
wiley   +1 more source

A perspective illusion or a view from the clouds? Detail of an Early 16th-Century miniature painting produced in Tabriz (Iran) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
A Persian painting (910H/1505) from a manuscript of Nizami’s Khamsa preserved in the Keir Collection portrays the mi'raj of Muḥammad among many angels in a blue sky; the Ka'ba is depicted in the lower foreground while the desert surrounds almost the ...
Fontana, MARIA VITTORIA
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A city and its landscape across time: Samarkand in the ancient Sogdiana (Uzbekistan) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Located in the heartland of Central Asia, Samarkand has always been an economic, cultural, ethnic, linguistic and religious hub along the ancient Silk Road.
Mantellini, S.
core   +1 more source

Ethnic and geographic differentiation of helicobacter pylori within Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The bacterium Helicobacter pylori colonizes the human stomach, with individual infections persisting for decades. The spread of the bacterium has been shown to reflect both ancient and recent human migrations. We have sequenced housekeeping genes from H.
Latifi-Navid, Saeid   +14 more
core   +2 more sources

The Shibanid rule in Samarkand: Legitimation, Culture and Monumental Architecture (1512–1578).

open access: yesЗолотоордынское обозрение, 2023
Research objectives: The objective of this research is to analyze the culture and monumental architecture of Samarkand during the reign of the Shibanids, and to identify the origins of cultural traditions in architectural construction in Samarkand ...
Malikov A.
doaj   +1 more source

Timurid Tile Style in Anatolia and Footprints of Masters of Tabriz [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Due to the political situation after the Ankara Battle, impact of Timurid style appears in Ottoman art lasting about a century. After reorganizing process from the concussion of defeat in Ankara, Ottomans import the artistic style of Timurids, which is ...
Mustafa Çağhan, Keskin
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How visas shape and make visible the geopolitical architecture of the planet

open access: yes, 2016
The aim of the present study is to provide a picture for geopolitical globalization: the role of all world countries together with their contribution towards globalization is highlighted.
Ausloos, Marcel   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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