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Isfahan and its palaces : statecraft, Shi'ism and the architecture of conviviality in early modern Iran / Sussan Babaie.
Series: Edinburgh studies in Islamic artPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.Description: xvii, 302 p., 24 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780748633753 (hbk.)
- 0748633758 (hbk.)
- NA1487.I8 B33 2008
Contents:
Conviviality, charismatic absolutism, and the Persianization of Shiʻism -- 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-Shiʻi etiquette of kingship -- The fall of Isfahan.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | NA 1487 .I8 B33 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5007084 |
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Conviviality, charismatic absolutism, and the Persianization of Shiʻism -- 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-Shiʻi etiquette of kingship -- The fall of Isfahan.
Includes bibliography (p. [274]-293) and index.
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