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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Safavid"”.

  1. Cut, Paste, Patch: A Study of Text-Image Relationships in Safavid Single-Page Compositions

    Nikkhah, NaciemUniversity of Cambridge2019

    … text and image in Timurid (1370–1507) and Safavid (1501–1722) illustrated manuscripts have been explored for the past several decades, the connection between painting and poetry in the single-page folios composed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries has mostly been unquestioned. This …

    cambridge Repository record

  2. Weaving histories: cultural memory, similarity, and curatorial approach in the interpretation of Achaemenid and Safavid Persian carpets

    Safaii Rad, FatemehLondon Metropolitan University2025

    … spoke with pride about the golden age of the Safavid dynasty (1501-1722) and its masterpieces such as the Ardabil and so-called Chelsea carpets, which drew heavily on Persepolis motifs. He explained the succession of Iranian dynasties from the Safavids to the Qajars (1796), and eventually to …

    london-metro Repository record

  3. Space, Gaze and Femineity: Representation of Women in Architectural Spaces in Persian Miniature Painting (Timurid to Safavid eras)

    Abooali, Sareh2021

    … cultural norms and pratcices associated with the Safavid dynasty, the research examines how women were placed and defined in these spaces – sedentary and mobile, and public as well as private – to better understand the changes in social status and mobility that they were experiencing over this …

    adelaide Repository record

  4. Transformations in early Safavid architecture : the Shrine of Shaykh Safi al-din Ishaq Ardabili in Iran (1501-1629)

    Rizvi, Kishwar, 1965-Massachusetts Institute of Technology2000

    Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2000.

    mit Repository record

  5. The Zawiya and Shrine Ensemble of Shaykh Safi al-Din Ardabili: A Sufi Analysis

    Hasti Safavi (21037850)2026

    Shaykh Safi al-Din Ardabili is the founder of the Safavid Sufi order, the spiritual father of modern Iran, and the ancestor of the Safavid dynasty. His shrine ensemble is of significance; it is a masterful artistic physical manifestation of the Shaykh’s Sufi order and teachings. The shrine ensemble …

    exeter

  6. The rise of Twelver Shi'ite externalism in Safavid Iran and its consolidation under 'Allama Muhammad Baqir Majlisi (1037/1627-1110/1699).

    Turner, Colin PaulDurham University1989

    durham Repository record

  7. Non-Muslims in medieval Iran: a survey of their political, economic and cultural activities under the Mongol and Safavid dynasties (1256-1722)

    Khanbaghi, AptinUniversity of Cambridge2003

    cambridge Repository record

  8. Char Bagh Avenue, Isfahan: genesis and demise. Pre-Islamic and Islamic garden influences in the Safavid creation and history of its subsequent degeneration

    Ahmadi, MNottingham Trent University2016

    … historical Iranian city of Isfahan during the Safavid period (late-sixteenth century to late-seventeenth century) was the institution of the Chahar Bagh Avenue and its surrounding gardens. Inextricably attached to the creation of this great public space was the theme of the paradisiacal garden …

    nott-trent Repository record

  9. Fractured and Dissolved, Architecture Ablaze: Towards an Understanding of Ayeneh-Kari in the Palaces of Iran

    Daftarian, RezaMassachusetts Institute of Technology2021

    … in the celebrated palatial structures of the Safavids (r. 1501–1722) and culminated in the intricate geometric mosaics that became the preferred decorative schema for both palaces under the Qajars (r. 1789–1925). Despite this preeminence, at its zenith ayeneh-kari was largely denigrated by …

    mit Repository record

  10. Architecture in miniature : representation of space and form in illustrations and buildings in Timurid Central Asia

    Yazar, HaticeMassachusetts Institute of Technology1991

    … use of an architectural language in Timurid and Safavid miniature paintings of 15th and 16th century Central Asia. Of these the most important are the following: Is there a language of architectural characteristics that can be identified in the miniature? What is this language? Is it possible to …

    mit Repository record

  11. Music Making in Iran: Developments Between the Sixteenth and Late Nineteenth Centuries

    Pourjavady, Amir HoseinThe Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York2019

    … of music with courtesan culture. Hence the Safavid rulers frequently issued royal decrees forbidding performance of music along with drinking of wine, gambling, and activities of courtesan salons. In the second half of the eighteenth century a red-light district was established in Shiraz …

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  12. Subjecthood and Sovereignty among the ‘Real’ and ‘Imagined’ Pirates of a ‘Golden Age’, 1690–1705

    Hill, Jean-MarcUniversity of Cambridge2025

    This thesis, titled ‘Subjecthood and Sovereignty among the ‘Real’ and ‘Imagined’ Pirates of a ‘Golden Age’, 1690-1705’, offers a reconceptualisation of European piracy in the Indian Ocean through an exploration of piracy’s relationship with sovereignty and subjecthood. Traditionally interpreted …

    cambridge Repository record

  13. THE APPROPRIATION OF ISLAMIC HISTORY AND AHL AL-BAYTISM IN OTTOMAN HISTORICAL WRITING, 1300-1650

    Erginbas, VefaThe Ohio State University2013

    This is a study of Ottoman historical productions of the pre-1700 period that deal directly with narratives of early Islamic history. It specifically deals with the representations of the formative events of early Islamic history. Through the lenses of universal histories, biographies of Muhammad, …

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