Book Summary
An immense building campaign, initiated in 1590-91 at the millennial threshold of the Islamic calendar (1000 A.H.), transformed Isfahan from a provincial, medieval, and largely Sunni city into an urban-centered representation of the first Imami Shi'i empire in the history of Islam. This beautifully illustrated history of Safavid Isfahan (1501-1722) explores the architectural and urban forms and networks of socio-cultural action that reflected a distinctly early-modern and Perso-Shi'i practice of kingship. The historical process of Shi'ification of Safavid Iran and the deployment of the arts in situating the shifts in the politico-religious agenda of the imperial household informs Sussan Babaie's fascinating study.
Book Details
| Book Name | Isfahan And Its Palaces: Statecraft, Shi'ism And The Architecture Of Conviviality In Early Modern Iran |
| Author | Sussan Babaie |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (Jan 2009) |
| ISBN | 9780748633753 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 6237 |
