The Safavid dynastic shrine : architecture, religion and power in early modern Iran
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The Safavid dynastic shrine : architecture, religion and power in early modern Iran
（I.B. Tauris & BIPS Persian studies series / series editor, Vanessa Martin, 5）
I.B. Tauris, 2011, c2010
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Bibliography: p. [243]-258
Includes index
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Description
The Safavid period represents an immensely rich chapter in the history of Iranian architecture. In this discussion of Safavid architecture in the context of its political, social and religious milieu, Kishwar Rizvi gives special consideration to the shrine of Shaykh Safi, built in AD 1334, as an important template for an emergent Safavid taste. Of both regal and religious significance, the shrine's direct relationship to imperial power is unique in Islamic architecture and provides valuable information about the methods of architectural benefaction prevalent in early modern Iran. Rizvi examines the ways in which the transition from a devotional aesthetic to an imperial one represented the young dynasty's imperial aspirations, and affected a wide range of public buildings from mosques to palaces during the early Safavid period and beyond.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Historical Imagination
Urban and Architectural Contexts of the Shrine of Shaykh Safi (1250-1501)
Foundation Myths and Charitable Foundations (1501-1584)
Consolidating the Safavid Past: Shah Tahmasb and the Architectural Expansion of the Shrine
The Aesthetics and Ideology of Building: The Sarih al-milk of 'Abdi Beg Shirazi
The Princely Aesthetic: Shah 'Abbas I and the Imperial Setting (1589-1629)
Marking the Sacred Landscape: The Shrine in a Broadened Context
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