Time in Early Modern Islam - Calendar, Ceremony, Chronology in Safavid, Mughal Ottoman Empires

Stephen P. Blake compares the Islamic concept of time across the empires of the Safavids, Ottomans and Mughals.

List of contents

1. Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman empires; 2. Calendar; 3. Ceremony; 4. Chronology: era; 5. Chronology: millenarian.

About the author

Dr Stephen P. Blake is Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota and St Olaf College, Minnesota. His books include Shahjahanabad: The Sovereign City in Mughal India, 1639–1739 (Cambridge, 2002) and Half the World: The Social Architecture of Safavid Isfahan, 1590–1722 (1999).

Summary

Stephen P. Blake compares the Islamic concept of time across the empires of the Safavids, Ottomans and Mughals. Each empire created a new temporal system, fashioning a new solar calendar and a new round of rituals and ceremonies from the cultural resources at hand. This book explains the impact of Islamic science on the West.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen P. Blake, Stephen P. (University of Minnesota) Blake, Blake Stephen P.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781108412803
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41280-3
• No. of pages: 223
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Middle East, CE period up to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, Time (chronology), time systems & standards, Time (chronology), time systems and standards