| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 302 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Edinburgh studies in Islamic art |
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Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
Originally published 2008. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Conviviality, charismatic absolutism, and the Persianization of Shi°ism -- Peripatetic kings and palaces : from Tabriz to Qazvin in the sixteenth century -- Dwelling in paradise, or Isfahan "half the world" -- "The abode of felicitious rule" or the Daulatkhane royal precinct -- The spatial choreography of conviviality : the palaces of Isfahan -- Feasting and the Perso-Shi°i etiquette of kingship -- The fall of Isfahan. |
| Summary |
This beautifully illustrated history of Safavid Isfahan (1501-1722) explores the architectural and urban forms and networks of socio-cultural action that reflected a distinctly early-modern and Perso-Shi'i practice of kingship. An immense building campaign, initiated in 1590-91 at the millennial threshold of the Islamic calendar (1000 A.H.), transformed Isfahan from a provincial, medieval, and largely Sunni city into an urban-centered representation of the first Imami Shi'i empire in the history of Islam. The historical process of Shi'ification of Safavid Iran and the deployment of the arts in situating the shifts in the politico-religious agenda of the imperial household informs Sussan Babaie's fascinating study."--Book cover. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Architecture, Safavid -- Iran -- Iòsfahåan.
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Shiites -- Iran -- Iòsfahåan.
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Iòsfahåan (Iran) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| Added Title |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
1474437192 (paperback) |
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9781474437196 (paperback) |
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9780748633753 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
heb40157 hdl |
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