Baghdad and Isfahan : a dialogue of two cities in an age of science ca. 750-1750 / Elaheh Kheirandish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kheirandish, Elaheh, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iṣfahān (Iran)--History.

Iṣfahān (Iran).

Baghdad (Iraq)--History.

Baghdad (Iraq).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

monochrome

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : I.B. Tauris, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover page

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

List of Plates

Preface

Notes on Conventions

Introduction

Why This Book?

What Age of Science?

Which Baghdad and Isfahan?

Whose 'Dialogue'?

Chapter Summaries

Chapter Zero: Cast and Stage

Chapter One: Time and Place

Chapter Two: Moon and Sun

Chapter Three: Round and Square

Chapter Four: Word and Line

Chapter Five: East and West

Chapter Six: Old and New

Chapter Seven: Plan and Chance

Chart: Names and Dates

0 Cast and Stage

0.1 An Old Manuscript with Many Lives

0.2 A Young Narrator with Many Gift

0.3 An Arab City with a Lunar Calendar

0.4 A Persian City with a Solar Calendar

1 Time and Place 1001 Years (ca. 750-1750): Through the Lands of 1001 Nights

1.1 An Old Manuscript with a Special Day

1.2 A Young Student with a Special Year

1.3 An Arab City with Eastern Links

1.4 A Persian City with Western Links

2 Moon and Sun 500 Hundred Years (ca. 750-1250

1250-1750)

2.1 An Old Manuscript with Gold Illuminations

2.2 A Young Viewer with Rich Inspirations

2.3 An Arab City with a Growing Moon

2.4 A Persian City with a Glowing Sun

2.5 An Arab City with a 'Westerner'

2.6 A Persian City with a 'Falconer'

3 Round and Square 100 Years: A Crescent Phase (ca. 750-850)

3.1 An Old Manuscript with a Microfilm

3.2 A Young Reader with a 'Micromap'

3.3 An Arab City with a 'House of Wisdom'

3.4 A Persian City with an Ancient Kingdom

4 Word and Line 200 Years: A Quarter Phase (ca. 850-1050)

4.1 An Old Manuscript with Colour Scans

4.2 A Young Visitor with Secret Plans

4.3 An Arab City with a 'Critical' Mind

4.4 A Persian City Left Behind

5 East and West 300 Years: A Half Phase (ca. 1050-1350)

5.1 An Old Manuscript in a Virtual Space

5.2 A Young Traveller with Paths to Trace

5.3 An Arab City with a Western Court

5.4 A Persian City with an Eastern Fort

6 Old and New 400 Years (ca. 1350-1750): Three-Quarter Phase

6.1 An Old Manuscript in a Digital Age

6.2 A Young Curator with a 'Future' Stage

6.3 An Arab City with a Treasure Box

6.4 A Persian City with a Tower Clock

6.5 An Eastern City and an 'End of Time'

6.6 A Western City with a Turn of Tides

7 Plan and Chance 1000 Years (ca. 750-1750): Full Phase

7.1 An Old Manuscript in a Game of Chance

7.2 A Young Player with a Change of Plans

7.3 An Arab City with Living Traces

7.4 A Persian City with Lasting Places

Postscript

Now and Then1

Moon and Sun2

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

General Index

Plates

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 4, 2021).

ISBN:

9780755635092

0755635094

9780755635085

0755635086

Publisher Number:

40030595615

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.