Sufi lovers, Safavid silks and early modern identity

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Titel: Sufi lovers, Safavid silks and early modern identity

Enthält: Frontmatter
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Note on Transliteration
Introduction: Material Culture and Mysticism in the Persianate World
Part I
1. Silks, Signatures and Self-fashioning
2. Dressed as King, Lover and Beloved: Khusrau and Shirin
3. Weaving Stories, Weaving Self: Layla and Majnun as Sufi Icons
Part II
4. The Divine Cloak of Majesty: Material Culture in Sufi Practice
5. Mughal Dress and Spirituality: The Age of Sufi Kings
6. Safavid Figural Silks in Diplomacy: Rare Textiles of Novel Design
Conclusion
Appendix A: List of Khamsa Silks
Appendix B: Summary of ‘Shirin and Khusrau’ by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Appendix C: Summary of ‘Majnun and Layla’ by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Glossary of Textile Terms
Glossary of Persian and Arabic Terms
List of Historic Figures
Index

Beteiligte: Munroe, Nazanin Hedayat [Verfasser:in]

Erschienen: Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023

Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (248 Seiten)

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.1515/9789048551149

ISBN: 9789048551149

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Schlagwörter: Niẓāmī Ganǧawī, Ilyās Ibn-Yūsuf > Safawiden > Seide > Stoff > Identität

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Anmerkungen: In English

Beschreibung: This book examines a group of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century figural silks depicting legendary lovers from the Khamsa (Quintet) of epic Persian poetry. Codified by Nizami Ganjavi in the twelfth century, the Khamsa gained popularity in the Persian-speaking realm through illustrated manuscripts produced for the elite, creating a template for illustrating climactic scenes in the love stories of “Layla and Majnun” and “Khusrau and Shirin” that appear on early modern silks. Attributed to Safavid Iran, the publication proposes that dress fashioned from these silks represented Sufi ideals based on the characters. Migration of weavers between Safavid and Mughal courts resulted in producing goods for a sophisticated and educated elite, demonstrating shared cultural values and potential reattribution. Through an examination of primary source materials, literary analysis of the original text, and close iconographical study of figural designs, the study presents original cross-disciplinary arguments about patronage, provenance, and the socio-cultural significance of wearing these silks

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