Sufi Lovers, Safavid Silks and Early Modern Identity / / Nazanin Hedayat Munroe.
This book examines a group of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century figural silks depicting legendary lovers from the Khamsa (Quintet) of epic Persian poetry. Codified by Nizami Ganjavi in the twelfth century, the Khamsa gained popularity in the Persian-speaking realm through illustrated manuscripts pr...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Visual and Material Culture, 1300 –1700 ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction: Material Culture and Mysticism in the Persianate World
- Part I
- 1. Silks, Signatures and Self-fashioning
- 2. Dressed as King, Lover and Beloved: Khusrau and Shirin
- 3. Weaving Stories, Weaving Self: Layla and Majnun as Sufi Icons
- Part II
- 4. The Divine Cloak of Majesty: Material Culture in Sufi Practice
- 5. Mughal Dress and Spirituality: The Age of Sufi Kings
- 6. Safavid Figural Silks in Diplomacy: Rare Textiles of Novel Design
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: List of Khamsa Silks
- Appendix B: Summary of ‘Shirin and Khusrau’ by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
- Appendix C: Summary of ‘Majnun and Layla’ by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
- Glossary of Textile Terms
- Glossary of Persian and Arabic Terms
- List of Historic Figures
- Index