Download or read book Baghdad and Isfahan written by Elaheh Kheirandish and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned as great centres of learning, the cities of Baghdad and Isfahan were at the heart of the Islamic civilization as rich capital cities and centres of intellectual thought. Their distinct cultural voices inspired a unique historical dialogue, which finds new expression in Baghdad and Isfahan, the story of how knowledge was transmitted and transformed within Islamic lands, and then spread across Europe. Capturing the history of Baghdad and Isfahan from 750 to 1750, Elaheh Kheirandish draws on the voices of court astronomers, mathematicians, scientists, mystics, jurists, statesmen and Arabic and Persian translators and scholars to document the extensive and lasting contribution of sciences from Islamic lands to the history of science. Kheirandish bases her narrative on a unique medieval manuscript and other historical sources and the result is more than a thousand-year 'tale of two cities' – it is a city by city, and century by century, look at what it took to change the world. In a feat of travelogue and time travel, this unique book creates parallel stories with modern and historical characters, crossing cities worldwide, and capturing changes through time. Interweaving multiple narratives, histories, and futures, she charts the possible paths – formalized and serendipitous, lost and recovered – by which knowledge itself is translated and transmitted across time and cultures.

Download or read book Baghdad and Isfahan written by Elaheh Kheirandish and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned as great centres of learning, the cities of Baghdad and Isfahan were at the heart of the Islamic civilization as rich capital cities and centres of intellectual thought. Their distinct cultural voices inspired a unique historical dialogue, which finds new expression in Baghdad and Isfahan, the story of how knowledge was transmitted and transformed within Islamic lands, and then spread across Europe. Capturing the history of Baghdad and Isfahan from 750 to 1750, Elaheh Kheirandish draws on the voices of court astronomers, mathematicians, scientists, mystics, jurists, statesmen and Arabic and Persian translators and scholars to document the extensive and lasting contribution of sciences from Islamic lands to the history of science. Kheirandish bases her narrative on a unique medieval manuscript and other historical sources and the result is more than a thousand-year 'tale of two cities' – it is a city by city, and century by century, look at what it took to change the world. In a feat of travelogue and time travel, this unique book creates parallel stories with modern and historical characters, crossing cities worldwide, and capturing changes through time. Interweaving multiple narratives, histories, and futures, she charts the possible paths – formalized and serendipitous, lost and recovered – by which knowledge itself is translated and transmitted across time and cultures.

Download or read book Iran After the Mongols written by Sussan Babaie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the devastating Mongol conquest of Baghdad in 1258, the domination of the Abbasids declined leading to successor polities, chiefly among them the Ilkhanate in Greater Iran, Iraq and the Caucasus. Iranian cultural identities were reinstated within the lands that make up today's Iran, including the area of greater Khorasan. The Persian language gained unprecedented currency over Arabic and new buildings and manuscripts were produced for princely patrons with aspirations to don the Iranian crown of kingship. This new volume in “The Idea of Iran” series follows the complexities surrounding the cultural reinvention of Iran after the Mongol invasions, but the book is unique capturing not only the effects of Mongol rule but also the period following the collapse of Mongol-based Ilkhanid rule. By the mid-1330s the Ilkhanate in Iran was succeeded by alternative models of authority and local Iranian dynasties. This led to the proliferation of diverse and competing cultural, religious and political practices but so far scholarship has neglected to produce an analysis of this multifaceted history in any depth. Iran After the Mongols offers new and cutting-edge perspectives on what happened. Analysing the fourteenth century in its own right, Sussan Babaie and her fellow contributors capture the cultural complexity of an era that produced some of the most luminous masterpieces in Persian literature and the most significant new building work in Tabriz, Yazd, Herat and Shiraz. Featuring contributions by leading scholars, this is a wide-ranging treatment of an under-researched period and the volume will be essential reading for scholars of Iranian Studies and Middle Eastern History.

Download or read book The Long Road to Baghdad written by Edmund Candler and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the Mesopotamian campaign which includes an extensive description of the Battle of Dujaila fought on 8 March 1916, between British and Ottoman forces during the First World War.

Download or read book Iranian Elites and Turkish Rulers written by David Durand-Guedy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Saljuq period of the eleventh and twelfth centuries saw the arrival in Iran of Türkmen nomads from Central Asia and the beginning of Turkish rule. Through the example of the city of Isfahan, the book analyses the internal evolution of Iranian society in this period and the interaction of the Iranian elites and Turkish rulers. Drawing on an analysis of a wide range of sources, including poetic and epistolary material, this study fills an historiographical gap and casts new light on the two centuries prior to the Mongol invasion. This comprehensive analytical study provides a new contribution to the understanding of many crucial issues: the cultural divide between Western and Eastern Iran; the military potential of city-dwellers; the attitude of the Turkish rulers toward cities and city life; the action of the famous vizier Nizam al-Mulk; the meaning of the Ismaili uprising; and above all the structure of the local elite, organized into rival networks and largely autonomous vis-à-vis state powers. The study is enhanced by a variety of additional features, including extensive genealogical tables, Arabic script and maps. Providing a new understanding of the cultural identity of Iran, this book is an important contribution to the study of the history of Iran and the Medieval period.

Download or read book Baghdad written by Justin Marozzi and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great hardships, beset by epidemics, famines, floods, and numerous foreign invasions which have brought terrible bloodshed. This is the history of its storytellers and its tyrants, of its philosophers and conquerors. Here, in the first new history of Baghdad in nearly 80 years, Justin Marozzi brings to life the whole tumultuous history of what was once the greatest capital on earth.

Download or read book Shi i Scholars of Nineteenth Century Iraq written by Meir Litvak and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century, the shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in Ottoman Iraq emerged as the most important Shi'i centres of learning. In a major contribution to the study of pre-modern Middle Eastern religious institutions, Meir Litvak analyses the social and political dynamics of these communities. Tracing the historical evolution of Shi'i leadership, he explores the determinants of social status amongst the ulama, the concept of patronage, the structure of learning, questions of ethnicity, and financial matters. He also assesses the role of the ulama as communal leaders who, in the face of a hostile Sunni government in Baghdad, were often obliged to adopt a more quietest political stance than their counterparts in Iran. This is an important book which sheds light on the formation of contemporary Shi'ism and the surrounding debates.

Download or read book Persia and Turkey in Revolt written by David Fraser and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Caliphate Revisited written by Eric J. Hanne and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Baghdad Chronicle written by Reuben Levy and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Baghdad by the Bay written by Herb Caen and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cities of Medieval Iran written by David Durand-Guédy and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cities of Medieval Iran brings together studies in urban geography, archaeology, and history of medieval Iranian cities, spanning the Islamic period until ca. 1500, but also the pre-Islamic situation. The cities and their inhabitants take centre stage, they are not just the places where something else happened. Urban actors are given priority over external factors. The contributions take a long-term perspective and thus take the interaction between urban centres and their hinterland into account. Many contributions come from history or archaeology, but new disciplines are also methodologically integrated into the study of medieval cities, such as the arts of the book, lexicography, geomorphology, and digital instruments"--

Download or read book Cities of Medieval Iran written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities of Medieval Iran brings together studies in urban geography, archaeology, and history of medieval Iranian cities, covering the millennium from 500 to 1500 AD, with a focus on urban actors themselves.

Download or read book The Baghdad Connection written by Maurice M. Sawdayee and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hikayat Abi al Qasim written by Selove Emily Selove and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hikayat Abu al-Qasim, probably written in the 11th century by the otherwise unknown al-Azdi, tells the story of a gate-crasher from Baghdad named Abu al-Qasim, who shows up uninvited at a party in Isfahan. Dressed as a holy man and reciting religious poetry, he soon relaxes his demeanour, and, growing intoxicated on wine, insults the other dinner guests and their Iranian hometown. Widely hailed as a narrative unique in the history of Arabic literature, a ikA yah also reflects a much larger tradition of banquet texts. Painting a picture of a party-crasher who is at once a holy man and a rogue, he is a figure familiar to those who have studied the ancient cynic tradition or other portrayals of wise fools, tricksters and saints in literatures from the Mediterranean and beyond. This study therefore compares a ikA yah, a mysterious text surviving in a single manuscript, to other comical banquet texts and party-crashing characters, both from contemporary Arabic literature and from Ancient Greece and Rome.

Download or read book Isfahan and Its Palaces written by Sussan Babaie and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of Figures List of Plates Note on the Transliteration System Safavid Dynastic Chart Timeline of Safavid Capital Cities and Major Structures Ch. 1 Introduction: Conviviality, Charismatic Absolutism, and the Persianization of Shi'ism 1 Ch. 2 Peripatetic Kings and Palaces: From Tabriz to Qazvin in the Sixteenth Century 30 Ch. 3 Dwelling in Paradise, or Isfahan "Half the World" 65 Ch. 4 "The Abode of Felicitous Rule" or the Daulatkhane Royal Precinct 113 Ch. 5 The Spatial Choreography of Conviviality: the Palaces of Isfahan 157 Ch. 6 Feasting and the Perso-Shi'i Etiquette of Kingship 224 Ch. 7 Epilogue: The Fall of Isfahan 267 Bibliography 274 Illustration Acknowledgments 292 Index 294.

Download or read book Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate from Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources written by Guy Le Strange and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... 'Ammar, Gate, 226, 227. 'Ammuriyah, or Amorium, 275. 'Amr-ar-Rumi, street, 220. 'Amr ibn Sim'an, 91. 'Amud Canal, 62-4. Anbar Bridge, Canal, Gate, and Garden, 55,111,130-4, 307,310. Anbar Road, 55, 304. Anbar, town, 5, 12, 73, 194. Anbarite Mosque, 61. Ancient Market, Quarter, 90. Angle Bastion, 292. Ansar Bridge and Tank, 222, 223, 225. Arcades of the Round City, 25, 26, 44. Arch and Archway. See also under Tak. Archway, Gate of the, 218. Archway of the Artificer and of the Armourer, 284-8. Archway of the Harranian, 90, 'Arib, continuator of Tabari, 331. Armour in Firdus Palace, 257. Armourers' Archway, 286-8. Armoury in the Round City, 31. Arrayan, Spanish for myrtle, 271. Arrow-flight, distance of, 285. Artificer Archway, 284-6. Ashmuna, 209. 'Askar-al-Mahdi (Rusafah), 42, 189. Asma, palace of, 218. Ass, Cupola of the (E. B.), 254. Ass, Mound of the (W. B.), 78. 'Atikah Quarter, 90. 'Atiktyah Quarter, 139, 140. 'Atsh, 'thirst, ' not 'famine, ' in name of market, 224. 'Attab, great-grandson of Omay- yah, 138. 'Attabiyah, or 'Attabiyin Quarter, WIDENER LIBRARY Bab Suk-at-Tamr, 265, 266. Bab 'Uliayan, 276. Badr Gate and Badriyah Market, 270-2. Badr the Wazir and the Badriyah Mosque, 36. Baduraya District, 14, 50, 51, 315. Baghdad, advantages of site, 14; Assyrian city of this name, 9; city described by Ya'kubi and Ibn Serapion, 314; by Istakhrt andIbnHawkal,3i9;by Khatib, 323; by Ibn Jubayr, 332; by Y4kut, 335; by author of Mara- sid, 344; by Ibn Batutah, 346; by Hamd-Allah, 347; by Taver- nier, 348; by Niebuhr and Jones, 352; Eastern and Western Quarters, 169; etymology of Baghdad, 10; orientation of, arbitrary, 315; Sassanian Bagh- dad, 12; sieges, first, 303, 306- 10; second, 311--4; third, 327; fourth, 328-30; fifth, 340-3; size of...