Court Cultures in the Muslim World : Seventh to Nineteenth Centuries Hardback
Edited by Albrecht (University of Erfurt, Germany) Fuess, Jan-Peter Hartung
Part of the SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East series
Hardback
Description
Courts and the complex phenomenon of the courtly society have received intensified interest in academic research over recent decades, however, the field of Islamic court culture has so far been overlooked.
This book provides a comparative perspective on the history of courtly culture in Muslim societies from the earliest times to the nineteenth century, and presents an extensive collection of images of courtly life and architecture within the Muslim realm. The thematic methodology employed by the contributors underlines their interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to issues of politics and patronage from across the Islamic world stretching from Cordoba to India.
Themes range from the religious legitimacy of Muslim rulers, terminologies for court culture in Oriental languages, Muslim concepts of space for royal representation, accessibility of rulers, the role of royal patronage for Muslim scholars and artists to the growing influence of European courts as role models from the eighteenth century onwards.
Discussing specific terminologies for courts in Oriental languages and explaining them to the non specialist, chapters describe the specific features of Muslim courts and point towards future research areas.
As such, it fills this important gap in the existing literature in the areas of Islamic history, religion, and Islam in particular.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:494 pages, 1 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white; 59 Halftones, black and whit
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:07/12/2010
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- ISBN:9780415573191
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:494 pages, 1 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white; 59 Halftones, black and whit
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:07/12/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415573191
