The Formalistic Reading of Nasta'līq and Tash'ir Elements in Book Illustration of Timurid to Qajar Periods [PDF]
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
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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
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KHODJA RUSHNOI – REMAINS OF THE TIMURID ANCIENT SETTLEMENT IN THE KASHKADARYA VALLEY (UZBEKISTAN)
The monumental architectural structures built by Amir Timur and his descendants, the Timurids, are widely known as masterpieces of world architecture and urban planning culture.
Abdisabur A. Raimkulov +2 more
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A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?
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
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Historical and comparative measurements of the technical features and function of the five doors available in sheikh tomb in Torbate jam city [PDF]
The Sheikh-e Jam tomb in Torbat-e Jam city is a museum that holds in itself works from the Seljuk era to the Qajar era. This architectural tomb has many decorations such as brickwork, tile, stone carving, plastering, plaster painting and etc. Part of the
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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
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Reflecting the economic situation in the literature of the Timurid period (based on the poems of Kamal Khujandi, Nimatullah Vali, Qasim-i Anvar, Jami, Amir Pazevari and Maghrebi Tabrizi) [PDF]
Literature, as one of the main indicators of the culture and civilization of any nation, can be a mirror of the society and history of its time. The literature of the Timurid period has also easily been able to draw many social, cultural and political ...
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A city and its landscape across time: Samarkand in the ancient Sogdiana (Uzbekistan) [PDF]
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.
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A Translator's Face: Persianate Selfhood and Portraiture, 1760–1800
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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Research on the Main Origin of the Caskets of Shaykh Safi and Shah Ismail Safavi [PDF]
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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