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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
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A Translator's Face: Persianate Selfhood and Portraiture, 1760–1800

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

Persian Legend on Islamic Coins : From Traditional Arabic to the Challenge of Leadership [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The tradition of placing Persian inscriptions on Islamic coins goes back to the middle of the 7th century AD, namely the time of the “righteous” caliphs ‛Uthman and ‛Ali, when silver and copper coins struck in the eastern provinces of the recently ...
Nastich, Vladimir
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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

Safavid and Portuguese Christian Influence on Saint Stepanos Monastery in Julfa, Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The Monastery of Saint Stepanos, in Julfa, is located in northwesternIran, in the province of East Azerbaijan. Whilst the exactdate of construction is unknown, the building displays exceptionalarchitecture.
Shayestehfar, Mahnaz
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The Topkapı collection [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
Taha Toros Arşivi, Dosya No: 120-Saraylarİstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı (TR10/14/YEN/0033) İstanbul Development Agency (TR10/14/YEN ...
Çağman, Filiz
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The miner and the manuscripts [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
Taha Toros Arşivi, Dosya No: 120-Saraylarİstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı (TR10/14/YEN/0033) İstanbul Development Agency (TR10/14/YEN ...
Lawton, John
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A sign of the end time: 'The Monastery', Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi H.2153 f.131b [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Studies of visual culture in the Persian-speaking world of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries frequently discuss the literary contexts in which painting was often produced, yet scant attention has been paid to understanding how the visual can engage ...
White, James
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The Leipzig Numismatic Contest of 1752 - An Incentive From the Imperial Coin Collection to Reestabilish the Ability to Attribute Arabic Coins [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The contribution aims at a double goal. On the one hand, it reevaluates the significance of plates of islamic coins published in 1752. And on the other hand, it discusses the origins of islamic Numismatics.
Ilisch, Lutz
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Remapping the World in a Fifteenth-Century Cosmography: Genres and Networks Between Deccan India and Iran [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This article examines codicological evidence for the presence of an illustrated Persian cosmography (‘ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt) (British Library Add 23564) at the fifteenth-century Bahmani court (1347–1538) of Deccan India.
Gupta, Vivek
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