Muḥīṭ al-Tavārīkh (The Sea of Chronicles)

Muḥīṭ al-Tavārīkh (The Sea of Chronicles)
Author: Mehrdad Fallahzadeh
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2014-02-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004256814

This study provides a critical edition of chapters nine and ten of Muḥīṭ al-tavārīkh (The Sea of Chronicles) by Muḥammad Amīn b. Mīrzā Muḥammad Zamān Bukhārī (Ṣūfīyānī). Muḥīṭ al-tavārīkh is a valuable source for the study of late seventeenth-century Central Asian history, historiography, and language. The present work represents the first critical edition of a primary source of Subḥān Qulī Khān’s reign. The ninth chapter (bāb) offers accounts of the Timurid kings, Abulkhayrid/Shaybanid and the first four Ashtarkhanid/Janid khans. The tenth chapter presents a detailed account of the life and times of “the last great” Ashtarkhanid/Janid khan, Subḥān Qulī Bahādur (1682–1702), revealing historical information essential for scholars of the period and region.

Сокровищница восточных рукописей

Сокровищница восточных рукописей
Author: Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Publisher: UNESCO
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2012
Genre: Manuscripts
ISBN: 9230010650

"The anthology produced by the experts of the Institute of Oriental Studies (IOS) of the Academy of Sciences and foreign experts, Marco Di Bella (Italy) and Antonio Mirabile (Italy), contains materials that provide a description of the manuscript collection at the IOS of the Academy of Sciences representing more than 26,000 manuscripts and 39,000 lithographs in Arabic script. It highlights the history of the Institute's manuscript collection and provides an analysis of the subject matter. The work also covers the art of book writing and the activities of representatives from various schools of calligraphy and ornamental art such as miniature illustrations on the collection's manuscripts and specific features of their bindings. Furthermore, it investigates the development of paper production and describes the different paper types used in the manuscripts. This anthology contains a proposal for the conservation and examination of the condition of the manuscript collection of the Institute."--Title page verso.

The Sea of Chronicles (Muḥīṭ al-tavārīkh)

The Sea of Chronicles (Muḥīṭ al-tavārīkh)
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789004415287

"The Sea of Chronicles is an English translation of the ninth and tenth chapters of the historiographical work entitled Muḥīṭ al-tavārīkh by Muḥammad Amīn b. Mīrzā Muḥammad Zamān Bukhārī. The work is a valuable source in particular for the study of the late seventeenth-century Central Asian political, cultural and religious history. The ninth chapter offers accounts of the Timurid, Abulkhayrid/Shaybanid and the first four Ashatrkhanid khans. The tenth chapter which is the most original and important chapter of the work presents a detailed account of the life and time of the last great Ashatkhanid ruler, Subḥān QulīKhān (r. 1682-1702), revealing historical information essential for the study of the period and region"--

Art of the Islamic World

Art of the Islamic World
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2012
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1588394824

Family guide, Dazzling details in folded front cover.

Converting Persia

Converting Persia
Author: Rula Abisaab
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-10-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781780767789

'Converting Persia' explains how Iran was to acquire one of its defining characteristics: its Shi'ism. Under the Safavids (1501-1736 CE), Persia adopted Shi'ism as its official religion. Rula Abisaab explains how and why this specific brand of Shi'ism - urban and legally-based - was brought to the region by leading Arab 'Ulama from Ottoman Syria, and changed the face of the region till this day. These emigre scholars furnished distinct sources of legitimacy for the Safavid monarchs, and an ideological defense against the Ottomans. Just as important at the time was a conscious and vivid process of Persianization both at the state level and in society. Converting Persia is vital reading for anthropologists, historians and scholars of religion, and any interested in Safavid Persia, in Shi'ism, and in the wider history of the Middle East.

Women with Mustaches and Men Without Beards

Women with Mustaches and Men Without Beards
Author: Afsaneh Najmabadi
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2005-04-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520242637

"This book is groundbreaking, at once highly original, courageous, and moving. It is sure to have a tremendous impact in Iranian studies, modern Middle East history, and the history of gender and sexuality."—Beth Baron, author of Egypt as a Woman "This is an extraordinary book. It rereads the story of Iranian modernity through the lens of gender and sexuality in ways that no other scholars have done."—Joan W. Scott, author of Gender and the Politics of History

Classic Ships of Islam

Classic Ships of Islam
Author: Dionisius A. Agius
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2008
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004158634

Drawing upon Arabic literary sources, iconographic evidence and archaeological finds, this book examines trade, port towns, ship construction, seamanship, ship typology and their historical development in the Western Indian Ocean, focussing on the Medieval Islamic period but including earlier sources.

Modern Persian Conversation-grammar

Modern Persian Conversation-grammar
Author: William St Clair Towers Tisdall
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781016076517

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