Ferdowsi, the Mongols and the history of Iran : art, literature and culture from early Islam to Qajar Persia : studies in honour of Charles Melville / edited by Robert Hillenbrand, A.C.S. Peacock and Firuza Abdullaeva.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melville, C. P. (Charles Peter), 1951-

Hillenbrand, Robert.

Peacock, A. C. S. (Andrew C. S.)

Abdullaeva, F. I. (Firi︠u︡za Ibodullaevna)

Komaroff, Linda, 1953-

Series:

International library of Iranian studies ; 45.

International library of Iranian studies ; 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persian literature--History and criticism.

Persian literature.

Art, Iranian.

Iran--Civilization.

Iran.

Civilization.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 406 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation, 2013.

Contents:

1 Charles Melville and Persian Pembroke / Michael Kuczynski Kuczynski, Michael 3

Studies on History and Historiography

Iran and the Ancient World

2 On the epithets of two Sasanian kings in the Mujmal al-tawarikh wa-l-qisas / Touraj Daryaee Daryaee, Touraj 11

3 The changing face of an Iranian sacred place: the Takht-i Sulayman / Josef Wiesehöfer Wiesehöfer, Josef 15

4 Legitimating tyrants: the heroic rulers of archaic and classical Greece / Lynette Mitchell Mitchell, Lynette 26

History and Historiography in the Early Islamic East

5 Between Persian legend and Samanid orthodoxy: accounts about Gayumarth in Bal'ami's Tarikhnama / Maria Subtelny Subtelny, Maria 33

6 Recent contributions to the history of the early Ghaznavids and Seljuqs / C. Edmund Bosworth Bosworth, C. Edmund 46

7 Idris 'Imad al-Din and medieval Ismaili historiography / Farhad Daftary Daftary, Farhad 52

8 The Kimiya-yi sa'adat (The Alchemy of Happiness) of al-Ghazali: a misunderstood work? / Carole Hillenbrand Hillenbrand, Carole 59

9 Help me if you can! An analysis of a letter sent by the last Seljuq sultan of Barman / David Durand-Guédy Durand-Guédy, David 70

10 'Imad al-Din al-Isfahani's Nusrat al-fatra, Seljuq politics and Ayyubid origins / A.C.S. Peacock Peacock, A.C.S. 78

11 The rise and fall of a tyrant in Seljuq Anatolia: Sa'd al-Din Köpek's reign of terror, 1237-8 / Sara Nur Yildiz Yildiz, Sara Nur 92

Mongol Iran and its Neighbours

12 'It is as if their aim were the extermination of the species': the Mongol devastation in "Western Asia in the first half of the thirteenth century / Peter Jackson Jackson, Peter 105

13 Juvayni's historical consciousness / Beatrice Forbes Manz Manz, Beatrice Forbes 114

14 Persian and non-Persian historical writing in the Mongol Empire / David Morgan Morgan, David 120

15 Ruling from tents: some remarks on women's ordos in Ilkhanid Iran / Bruno De Nicola Nicola, Bruno De 126

16 Mamluks, Franks and Mongols: a necessary but impossible triangle / Reuven Amitai Amitai, Reuven 137

17 Protecting private property vs negotiating political authority: Nur al-Din b. Jaja and his endowments in thirteenth-century Anatolia / Judith Pfeiffer Pfeiffer, Judith 147

Nomads, Rulers and Historians after the Mongols

18 The Mongol puppet lords and the Qarawnas / Michele Bernardini Bernardini, Michele 169

19 Remarks on steppe nomads and merchants / Thomas T. Allsen Allsen, Thomas T. 177

20 Loyalty, betrayal and retribution: Biktash Khan, Ya'qub Khan and Shah 'Abbas Is strategy in establishing control over Kirman, Yazd and Fars / Rudi Matthee Matthee, Rudi 184

21 Reading Safavid and Mughal chronicles: kingly virtues and early modern Persianate historiography / Sholeh A. Quinn Quinn, Sholeh A. 201

British Views of Qajar Iran

22 Sir John Malcolm and the idea of Iran / Ali M. Ansari Ansari, Ali M. 209

23 Edward Granville Browne amongst the Qalandars / Jan Just Witkam Witkam, Jan Just 218

Studies on Persian Literature

Literary Culture in the Persianate World

24 From Zulaykha to Zuleika Dobson: the femme fatale and her ordeals in Persian literature and beyond / Firuza Abdullaeva Abdullaeva, Firuza 235

25 A pictorial aetiology of Ferdowsi as a transcendent poet / Olga M. Davidson Davidson, Olga M. 245

26 The Armenian poet Frik and his verses on Arghun Khan and Bugha / Theo Maarten van Lint Lint, Theo Maarten van 249

27 An epic for Shah 'Abbas / Gabrielle van den Berg Berg, Gabrielle van den 261

The Theory and Practice of Persian Verse

28 A note on form and substance in classical Persian poetry / Homa Katouzian Katouzian, Homa 269

29 Stringing replica pearls: translations of Persian verse into verse / Barbara Brend Brend, Barbara 278

Persian and Islamic Art

Aspects of Religion

30 The Prophet Muhammad's footprint / Christiane Gruber Gruber, Christiane 297

31 Non-Islamic faiths in the Edinburgh Biruni manuscript / Robert Hillenbrand Hillenbrand, Robert 306

32 A tale of two minbars: woodwork in Egypt and Syria on the eve of the Ayyubids / Bernard O'Kane O'Kane, Bernard 316

The Arts of the Book

33 Illuminating Shah Tahrnasp s Shahnameh / Sheila R. Canby Canby, Sheila R. 329

34 Rethinking Persian painting: the Silsila of Sultan Muhammad and the rise of sixteenth-century pictorial lacquer binding / Layla S. Diba Diba, Layla S. 334

35 Composite figures in the Hadiqat al-haqiqa wa Shari'at al-tariqa of Sana' / Francis Richard Richard, Francis 341

36 A medieval representation of Kay Khusraw's jam-i giti namay / Marianna Shreve Simpson Simpson, Marianna Shreve 351

37 The Muraqqa album of the Zand period (PNS 383) in the National Library of Russia / Olga V. Vasilyeva Vasilyeva, Olga V., Olga M. Yastrebova Yastrebova, Olga M. 359

38 Interrogating marks in a Persian painting from fifteenth-century Herat - a note / Barbara Brend Brend, Barbara 370

Secular Images

39 Delicate displays: on a Safavid ceramic bottle in the Museum of Cairo University / Sussan Babaie Babaie, Sussan 375

40 The return engagement of Rostam / Linda Komaroff Komaroff, Linda 381.

Notes:

"Bibliography of Professor Charles Marville compiled by Akram Khabibullaev"--P. xvii-xxvi.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781780760155

1780760159

OCLC:

751735214