Isfahan Pearl Of Persia

Author : Wilfrid Blunt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Architecture
ISBN : LCCN:67771797

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Isfahan, Pearl of Persia by Wilfrid Blunt Pdf

Author : Arash Khazeni
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295800752

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Tribes and Empire on the Margins of Nineteenth-Century Iran by Arash Khazeni Pdf

Tribes and Empire on the Margins of Nineteenth-Century Iran traces the history of the Bakhtiyari tribal confederacy of the Zagros Mountains through momentous times that saw the opening of their territory to the outside world. As the Qajar dynasty sought to integrate the peoples on its margins into the state, the British Empire made commercial inroads into the once inaccessible mountains on the frontier between Iran and Iraq. The distance between the state and the tribes was narrowed through imperial projects that included the building of a road through the mountains, the gathering of geographical and ethnographic information, and the exploration for oil, which culminated during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. These modern projects assimilated autonomous pastoral nomadic tribes on the peripheries of Qajar Iran into a wider imperial territory and the world economy. Tribal subjects did not remain passive amidst these changes in environment and society, however, and projects of empire in the hinterlands of Iran were always mediated through encounters, accommodation, and engagement with the tribes. In contrast to the range of literature on the urban classes and political center in Qajar Iran, Arash Khazeni adopts a view from the Bakhtiyari tents on the periphery. Drawing upon Persian chronicles, tribal histories, and archival sources from London, Tehran, and Isfahan, this book opens new ground by approaching nineteenth-century Iran from its edge and placing the tribal periphery at the heart of a tale about empire and assimilation in the modern Middle East.

Author : Sonia Rezapour,Ursula Wiese-Fayyaz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9643063976

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Isfahan by Sonia Rezapour,Ursula Wiese-Fayyaz Pdf

Author : Sayyed Mohammed Ali Jamalzadeh,W. Heston
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400855520

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Isfahan Is Half the World by Sayyed Mohammed Ali Jamalzadeh,W. Heston Pdf

Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh, acclaimed as the father of modern Persian short story, wrote this work. Sar o Tah-e Yak Karbas. to provide his fellow Iranians a memoir in story form of traditional Islamic life in Iran before westernization. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Pierre Loti
Publisher : Gerlach Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9783940924803

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The Way to Isfahan by Pierre Loti Pdf

From 17 April, 1900, to 6 June of that year, Pierre Loti travelled in a private capacity from Bushire on the Persian Gulf, northwards through Shiraz, Persepolis, Isfahan and Tehran, before returning via the Caspian Sea to Europe. This is the personal day-by-day account of his journey, the hardships of the mountainous terrain and the empty desert. Loti excels in his descriptions of the world around him: the sky, the mountains, the fertile plains, the deserted desert. His descriptions of the people he meets, their dress and manners are remarkable. Loti had come from India and on his way to the Gulf, he stopped off at Muscat and his account of this brief visit was published as 'En passant a Mascate' (Passing through Muscat). This is the first English translation of both texts.

Author : Elaheh Kheirandish
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755635085

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Baghdad and Isfahan by Elaheh Kheirandish Pdf

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.

Author : David Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317871408

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Medieval Persia 1040-1797 by David Morgan Pdf

The medieval period of Persia's remarkably continuous, history began with its conquest by the Muslim Arabs in the seventh century AD and gave way to the modern period at the end of the eighteenth century when the influence of the West became pervasive. Without an understanding of the confused legacy of these centuries, no-one can hope to understand the complexities and dynamism of modern Iran. Concise, clear and colourful, David Morgan's book is the best and most up-to-date short account of its subject in the English language.

Author : Alice Taylor,John Walsh
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995-12-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892363384

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Book Arts of Isfahan by Alice Taylor,John Walsh Pdf

In the seventeenth century, the Persian city of Isfahan was a crossroads of international trade and diplomacy. Manuscript paintings produced within the city’s various cultural, religious, and ethnic groups reveal the vibrant artistic legacy of the Safavid Empire. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Getty Museum, Book Arts of Isfahan offers a fascinating account of the ways in which the artists of Isfahan used their art to record the life around them and at the same time define their own identities within a complex society.

Author : Susan Sinclair
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1508 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789047412076

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Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World (2 vols.) by Susan Sinclair Pdf

Following the tradition and style of the acclaimed Index Islamicus, the editors have created this new Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World. The editors have surveyed and annotated a wide range of books and articles from collected volumes and journals published in all European languages (except Turkish) between 1906 and 2011. This comprehensive bibliography is an indispensable tool for everyone involved in the study of material culture in Muslim societies.

Author : Edward Granville Browne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Iran
ISBN : HARVARD:32044004437067

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A Year Amongst the Persians by Edward Granville Browne Pdf

Author : D. L. Bradley
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781312825086

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Dictionary of Iran: A Shorter Encyclopedia by D. L. Bradley Pdf

A one volume encyclopedic reference work on Iran (Persia) organized in dictionary format concerning the history, societies, cultures, religions, governments structures, geography, and climate of the nation and its people.

Author : Dean A. Stahl,Karen Landen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1529 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781420036640

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Abbreviations Dictionary by Dean A. Stahl,Karen Landen Pdf

Published in 2001: Abbreviations, nicknames, jargon, and other short forms save time, space, and effort - provided they are understood. Thousands of new and potentially confusing terms become part of the international vocabulary each year, while our communications are relayed to one another with increasing speed. PDAs link to PCs. The Net has grown into data central, shopping mall, and grocery store all rolled into one. E-mail is faster than snail mail, cell phones are faster yet - and it is all done 24/7. Longtime and widespread use of certain abbreviations, such as R.S.V.P., has made them better understood standing alone than spelled out. Certainly we are more comfortable saying DNA than deoxyribonucleic acid - but how many people today really remember what the initials stand for? The Abbreviations Dictionary, Tenth Edition gives you this and other information from Airlines of the World to the Zodiacal Signs.

Author : Kadoi Yuka Kadoi
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781474469685

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Persian Art by Kadoi Yuka Kadoi Pdf

In this illustrated book, nine contributors explore multifaceted aspects of art, architecture and material culture of the Persian cultural realm, encompassing West Asia, Anatolia, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia and Europe. Each chapter examines the historical, religious or scientific role of visual culture in the shaping, influencing and transforming of distinctive 'Persian' aesthetics across the various historical periods, ranging from pre-Islamic, medieval and early modern Islamic to modern times.

Author : Cyrus Ghani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 977 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136144585

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Iran and The West by Cyrus Ghani Pdf

First Published in 1987, this volume offers a bibliography of biographies, autobiographies and books on contemporary politics by prominent 20th century figures on the topic of Iran.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Almanacs, English
ISBN : UOM:39015013437382

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Iran Almanac and Book of Facts by Anonim Pdf