Iranian/Persianate subalterns in the Safavid period : their role and depiction : recovering 'lost voices' / edited by Andrew J. Newman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Newman, Andrew J., editor.

Series:

Middle Eastern & Islamic studies at Gerlach Press.

Middle Eastern & Islamic studies at Gerlach Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--Iran--History.

Poor.

Working class--Iran--History.

Working class.

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

Iran.

Iran--Politics and government.

Iran--Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Gerlach Press, 2022.

Summary:

Subaltern studies' refers to the importance of 'subordinate' groups in the making of history. The latter are usually defined as encompassing the urban and rural underclasses, the majority in any society, although generally the term is said to refer to all non-elites, including women. Most often the discourse concentrates on instances of social protest as points whereat the 'subalterns' make their 'voices' heard in response to, or even independent of, manipulations by the elite.<br><br>The book draws on wide-ranging sources to be explored for direct and indirect access to these voices, and include elite Persian diplomatic and political-economic (court-level) materials but also those drawn from such a broad range of 'cultural' spheres as, for example, art and architecture (including cinema, for the modern period), prose, poetry and other media and religious materials (Sunni, Shi`i and Sufi) of all genres in all relevant languages.<br><br>The overall project seeks also to explore attitudes toward the subaltern by the authors of these sources. Finally, the project aims also to identify problems in accessing/using the sources and questions/avenues for further research across Persianate history and, in the process, to establish an on-going network to chart pathways for further associated research projects and support for these.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Bibliography

Notes

1 Liberating the "Turkoman Prisoner": An Assessment of Bound Captives in 16th/17th-C. Persiate Works

Early Scholarship on the Bound Captives

Rethinking the Bound Captives in Terms of Chronology and Content

The Seated Prince

Historical Context of the Abulkhairid Shibanids (Uzbeks)

Attributes of "Uzbekness"

Reading Period Sentiment in Safavid Historiographies

The Bound Captive in Other Painted and Poetic Traditions

Conclusion

Table 1: Attributions of Bound Captive Folios

Table 2: Attributions of Seated Prince Folios

Print reproductions found in the following (where they are n. a. in online collection catalogues)

Figures

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2 Agency and Fatalism in the Judeo-Persian Kitab-i sar guzasht-i Kashan

Jewish History in the Safavid Period

The Kitab-i sar guzasht-i Kashan

Historical Agency and the Jewish Community

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

3 The Qizilbash in Anatolia after the 1630s: Sidelined and Estranged

1. Archival and Manuscript Sources

2. Published Primary Sources

3. Secondary Sources

4 The Safavid Foundation Myth in the Subaltern Imagination

5 The Muharram Subaltern in the Safavid Period: "Thin Description" and the Limits of European Travel

European Travel Accounts of Safavid-era Muharram

Muharram Subaltern: A View from Inside?

Figure 1: La Fête d'Hussein.

6 The 'Visible Voice' or 'Vocal Visibility' of the Subalterns in Persianate Painting: The Safavid.

Looking at Persianate Subalternity Through the Lens of Painting

The Context: Portraiture in Early Modern Persianate Painting

About the Art of Portraiture

Contrasting Approach to the Subalternity-Royalty Duality in Early Modern Persianate Painting

Contrasting Approach to the Subalternity-Royalty Duality in Early Modern Safavid and Mughal Painting

The Mughal Case

The Safavid Case

The Two Faces of Shah 'Abbas I

A Not So Suggestive Portrait of Shah 'Abbas I

The Double Duality of Myth versus Reality and Royalty versus Subalternity in Persian Painting

Royal Myth and Subaltern Reality Confronted: 'The Arrest of Shah Abu' l Ma'ali by the Dependable Tol

Dying Inayat Khan: The Persianate Subaltern Iconified

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7 A Subaltern Hero: The 1573 Execution of Sheikh Hamza Bali as Part of the 'Sunnitisation'

Introduction: the Hamzevi Phenomenon and the Sources

The Context: The Ottoman Suppression of the Kızılbas and Other Shia Orders and the 'Sunnitisation'

The Hamzevi Persecutions as Part of the Ottoman Sunnitisation Process

8 Voices of the Caucasians at the Safavid Court: Life and Activities of Parsadan Gorgijanidze

Iran and the Caucasus

Beyond Islamic Discourse

Caucasians Experiencing "Mixed" Subaltern Moment

Question of Servitude

Life of Parsadan Gorgijanidze

A "Georgian" Bureaucrat in the Safavid Political Society

Parsadan Gorgijanidze's Exile to Shushtar

Vakhtang V Shahnavaz and Qaplan Baratashivli-Orbelishvili

Parsadan Gorgijanidze and Georgian Politics

Parsadan Gorgijanidze in-between

About the Contributors.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Sep 2025).

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

3-95994-153-6

OCLC:

1328137571