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A Translator's Face: Persianate Selfhood and Portraiture, 1760–1800
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 425-453, December 2024.Abstract Within the framework of Persianate self‐hood, this article explores the intersection between translation, Indian dress, and portraiture in India and Britain, 1760–1800. It examines the translator's lived experience and cultural output as a published scholar and Persian secretary in the East India Company.
Beth Richards
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Iranian classical dance as a subject for empirical research: An elusive genre
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1533, Issue 1, Page 51-72, March 2024.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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Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, 2020 The present study aimed to study the evolution of urban spaces in the Timurids and Safavids. In present study, first, Samarkand city built in the Timurid era and Isfahan city built in the Safavid era were compared in terms of urban spaces and then, the ...
Shahin Mirhosseini Vakili
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The 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
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JAPAN 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
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Research on the Main Origin of the Caskets of Shaykh Safi and Shah Ismail Safavi [PDF]
نگره, 2018 The caskets of Shaykh Safi al-Din Ardabili and Shah Ismail safavi are considered as the wooden and exquisite works of Islamic art. Current location of these two caskets is the tomb of Shaykh Safi al-Din Ardabili in the city of Ardabil.
Abbas Ghaffari, maryam salahi
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The Badaye al-vaqaye place in the Artistic Historiography at the era of Sultan Husayn Bayqara (A Case Study of Khorasan’s Musicians) [PDF]
تاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری, 2017 Among historiography fields, it is Iran's artistic historiography which has not been seriously scrutinized so far. One of the topics that was considered by the rulers at the Timurid era was the attention to the class of artists, as this trend was pursued
Mostafa Lal Shateri
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, 2020 This article reviews and analyses the characteristics of Persian rugs through a historical background in the Islamic era, and design motifs that applied to the Persian rugs during the beginning of the Islamic era in Iran.
L. Abouali, Jianlin Ni, Jake Kaner
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The Formalistic Reading of Nasta'līq and Tash'ir Elements in Book Illustration of Timurid to Qajar Periods [PDF]
نگره, 2018 Nasta'līq and Tash'ir are two companion elements in Iranian book illustration. The two art forms have been shaped almost at the same historic era. Therefore, they have been frequently used together. Accordingly, addressing this issue in the present study
فائزه نوروزی +2 more
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هنر اسلامی, 2019 The act of deception and behavior of the deceivers is clearly evident in the two books of Shāhnāmeh and Bayhaqi History which are among the many rich works of Persian literature and art. Hoax is applied in the epic-mythical and historical sections of the Shāhnāmeh and appears to have the most usage in the epic section along with personal, humane and ...
Mansour Morrei +2 more
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