Isfahan and Its Palaces: Statecraft, Shi`ism and the Architecture of Conviviality in Early Modern Iran
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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, 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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1474437192
ISBN13:9781474437196
Release Date:April 2018
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.8" x 9.5"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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