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The Treasury of Oriental Manuscripts
"The anthology produced by the experts of the Institute of Oriental Studies (IOS) of the Academy of Sciences and foreign experts, Marco Di Bella (Italy) and Antonio Mirabile (Italy), contains materials that provide a description of the manuscript collection at the IOS of the Academy of Sciences representing more than 26,000 manuscripts and 39,000 lithographs in Arabic script. It highlights the history of the Institute's manuscript collection and provides an analysis of the subject matter. The work also covers the art of book writing and the activities of representatives from various schools of calligraphy and ornamental art such as miniature illustrations on the collection's manuscripts and specific features of their bindings. Furthermore, it investigates the development of paper production and describes the different paper types used in the manuscripts. This anthology contains a proposal for the conservation and examination of the condition of the manuscript collection of the Institute."--Title page verso.
Сокровищница восточных рукописей
"The anthology produced by the experts of the Institute of Oriental Studies (IOS) of the Academy of Sciences and foreign experts, Marco Di Bella (Italy) and Antonio Mirabile (Italy), contains materials that provide a description of the manuscript collection at the IOS of the Academy of Sciences representing more than 26,000 manuscripts and 39,000 lithographs in Arabic script. It highlights the history of the Institute's manuscript collection and provides an analysis of the subject matter. The work also covers the art of book writing and the activities of representatives from various schools of calligraphy and ornamental art such as miniature illustrations on the collection's manuscripts and specific features of their bindings. Furthermore, it investigates the development of paper production and describes the different paper types used in the manuscripts. This anthology contains a proposal for the conservation and examination of the condition of the manuscript collection of the Institute."--Title page verso.
The Diez Albums
The five Diez albums in Berlin are an important source for the study of Ilkhanid, Jalayirid, and Timurid art. The 21 essays of this book contribute to deepening our understanding of the development of Persianate art and its perception in later times.
Heritage and Identity in the Turkic World
This volume builds on the work of Ilse Laude-Cirtautas (1926-2019), a pioneering Turkologist who introduced the field of comparative Turkic studies to the US in the 1960s. It presents an ongoing dialogue whereby scholars from central and inner Asia and the West engage on issues of Turkic heritage, identity, language and literature. The discussions enrich scholarship in Central and Inner Asian Studies and explore the question "Who are the Turks?"
Lost Enlightenment
The forgotten story of Central Asia's enlightenment—its rise, fall, and enduring legacy In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds—remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic, they were long assumed to have been Arabs. In fact, they were from Central Asia—drawn from the Persianate and Turkic peoples of a region that today extends from Kazakhstan southward through Afghanistan, and from the easternmost province of Iran through Xin...
Sayyids and Sharifs in Muslim Societies
The modern world is home to a large number of lineal descendents and relatives of the Prophet Muhammad. This book brings together an international group of renowned scholars to provide a comprehensive examination of the place of the descendants of Muhammad in Muslim society, offering a thorough analysis of these descendents throughout history and in a number of different local manifestations.
Weltgeschichtsschreibung zwischen Schia und Sunna
In Weltgeschichtsschreibung zwischen Schia und Sunna Philip Bockholt examines the manuscript tradition of Khvāndamīr’s Ḥabīb al-siyar, and gives an in-depth analysis of how the author adapted his chronicle to the Shiʿi and Sunni religio-political convictions of his Safavid and Mughal overlords. In Weltgeschichtsschreibung zwischen Schia und Sunna untersucht Philip Bockholt die Handschriftentradition von Ḫvāndamīrs Ḥabīb as-siyar und analysiert die Arbeitsweise des Historikers, seine Weltchronik vor dem Hintergrund der politischen Umwälzungen in Iran und Indien um 1500 an schiitische und sunnitische Kontexte anzupassen.
The Emperor Who Never Was
Dara Shukoh was the heir-apparent to the Mughal throne in 1659, when he was executed by his brother Aurangzeb. Today Dara is lionized in South Asia, while Aurangzeb, who presided over the beginnings of imperial disintegration, is scorned. Supriya Gandhi’s nuanced biography asks whether the story really would have been different with Dara in power.
Alberuni's India
"Alberuni, or Abu Raihan, as known to his contemporaries, was a Central Asian traveller visiting India in around AD 1030. His account of India, called Tahqîq Mâ-lil-Hind, is still valued as a source book by Indophiles in general and the researchers of Indian history in particular. Edited with notes and indices by Edward Sachau, and first published in 1888, this is the only available English translation of the Arabic original. This volume has two accompanying essays, relevant in the understanding of the time and the context when the text was written, and later when it was translated. MC Joshi, the former Director General of the Archælogical Survey of India (ASI), in his essay, ""Alberuni: ...
Brilliant Biruni
Abu Raihan Biruni (973-1053 CE) was an Iranian scholar whose extraordinary achievements include predicting the existence of landmasses (North and South America) on the opposite side of the Earth and calculating the radius of the Earth five centuries before the European Renaissance. In Brilliant Biruni, Mohammad S. Kamiar presents the life of one of the greatest scholars in the history of the world: the story of a boy who became Biruni.
