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Court Cultures in the Muslim World - Seventh to Nineteenth Centuries (Paperback)
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Court Cultures in the Muslim World - Seventh to Nineteenth Centuries (Paperback)
Series: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East
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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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