The Empires of the Near East and India : Source Studies of the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal Literate Communities / Hani Khafipour.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Khafipour, Hani, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iran--History--Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736.

Iran.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

Mughal Empire--History.

Mughal Empire.

Iran--History--Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736--Sources.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Sources.

Mughal Empire--History--Sources.

Iran--Civilization.

Turkey--Civilization--1288-1918.

Mughal Empire--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (673 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In the early modern world, the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires sprawled across a vast swath of the earth, stretching from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. The diverse and overlapping literate communities that flourished in these three empires left a lasting legacy on the political, religious, and cultural landscape of the Near East and India. This volume is a comprehensive sourcebook of newly translated texts that shed light on the intertwined histories and cultures of these communities, presenting a wide range of source material spanning literature, philosophy, religion, politics, mysticism, and visual art in thematically organized chapters. Scholarly essays by leading researchers provide historical context for closer analyses of a lesser-known era and a framework for further research and debate. The volume aims to provide a new model for the study and teaching of the region's early modern history that stands in contrast to the prevailing trend of examining this interconnected past in isolation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Editor's Note

Editor's Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. The Religious Landscape

1. Converts, Apostates, And Polytheists

I. Confessions Of An Armenian Convert: The I'Tirafnama Of Abkar (ʿali Akbar) Armani / Matthee, Rudi

II. Conversion, Apostasy, And Relations Between Muslims And Non-Muslims: Fatwas Of The Ottoman Shaykh Al-Islams / Antov, Nikolay

III. The Night Debates At Jahangir's Court: ʿabd Al-Sattar's Majalis-I Jahangiri / Lefèvre, Corinne

2. Heretics, Polytheists, And The Path Of The Righteous

I. The Shiʿa Path Of The Righteous: The Strength Of Akhbarism In Safavid Iran / Moazzen, Maryam

II. Ottoman Religious Rulings Concerning The Safavids: Ebussuud Efendi's Fatwas / Atçıl, Abdurrahman

III. A Mughal Debate About Jain Asceticism / Truschke, Audrey

3. The Zealot, The Sufi, And The Quest For Spiritual Transcendence

I. Opposition To Sufism In Safavid Iran: A Debate Between Mulla Muhammad-Tahir Qummi And Mulla Muhammad-Taqi Majlisi / Anzali, Ata

II. The Worldview Of A Sufi In The Ottoman Realm: Hakiki And His Book Of Guidance / Yavuz, F. Betul

III. Sufism And The Divine Law: Ahmad Sirhindi's Ruminations / Buehler, Arthur F.

Part II. Political Culture

4. Conceptions of Sovereignty: The Poet, the Scholar, and the Court Sufi

I. The Safavid Claim to Sovereignty According to a Court Bureaucrat / Khafipour, Hani

II. Kingship and Legitimacy in the Sixteenth- Century Ottoman Empire / Yilmaz, Hüseyin

III. The Millennial and Saintly Sovereignty of Emperor Shah Jahan According to a Court Sufi / Moin, A. Azfar

5. The King's Deathbed: Coronation, Execution, and Fratricide

I. In the Shadow of Shah ʿAbbas: The Succession of Shah Safi (r. 1629-1642) / Quinn, Sholeh A.

II. The Ottoman Conception of Sovereignty and Succession: Mustafa Ali's Essence of History (Kunh al-Akhbar) / Atçil, Zahit

III. The Way of Tradition and the Path of Innovation: Aurangzeb and Dara Shukuh's Struggle for the Mughal Throne / Mikkelson, Jane

6. A Tale of Three Cities: Diplomacy and Conquest

I. Imperial Geopolitics and the Otiose Quest for Qandahar / Khafipour, Hani

II. The Ottoman Conquest of Buda(pest): Sultan Suleiman's Imperial Letter of Victory / Atçıl, Zahit

III. The Mughal Conquest of Chittor: Study of Akbar's Letter of Victory / Zaman, Taymiya R.

Part III. Philosophical Inquiries

7. Philosophy as a Way of Life

I. The Many Faces of Philosophy in the Safavid Age / Rizvi, Sajjad

II. Philosophia Ottomanica: Jalal al-Din Davani on Establishing the Existence of the Necessary Being / Bdaiwi, Ahab

III. Philosophy and Legal Theory: The Musallam al-thubut of Muhibballah al-Bihari and Its Commentary by ʿAbd al-ʿAli Bahr al-ʿUlum / Ahmad, Asad Q.

8. Lettrists, Alchemists, and Astrologers: The Occult Sciences

I. The Occult Sciences in Safavid Iran / Melvin-Koushki, Matthew

II. A Commentary on The Secret of Ta-Ha by the Pseudo-Eşrefoǧlu Rumi / Artun, Tuna

III. The Occult Sciences at the Mughal Court During the Sixteenth Century / Orthmann, Eva

Part IV. Literature and the Arts

9. Three Poets and the Three Literary Climes

I. Selections from the Poetry of Muhtasham Kashani / Losensky, Paul

II. The Poet ʿAzmizade Haleti and the Transformation of Ottoman Literature in the Seventeenth Century / Açıl, Berat

III. Mughal Sanskrit Literature: The Book of War and the Treasury of Compassion / Truschke, Audrey

10. Royal Patronage: A College, Poets, and the Making of an Imperial Secretary

I. The Leading Religious College in Early Modern Iran: Madrasa-yi Sultani and Its Endowment / Moazzen, Maryam

II. Imperial Patronage of Literature in the Ottoman World, 1400-1600 / Umut Inan, Murat

III. A Letter of Advice from a Mughal Gentleman to His Son / Kinra, Rajeev

11. Painters, Calligraphers, and Collectors

I. Reading a Painting: Sultan-Muhammad's The Court of Gayumars / Blair, Sheila

II. The Making of a Legendary Calligrapher: Textual Portraits of Sheikh Hamdullah / Akın-Kıvanç, Esra

III. Deccani Seals and Scribal Notations: Sources for the Study of Indo-Persian Book Arts and Collecting (c. 1400-1680) / Overton, Keelan / Benson, Jake

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780231547840

0231547846

OCLC:

1049576710