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Time in Early Modern Islam - Calendar, Ceremony, and Chronology in the Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman Empires (Paperback)
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Time in Early Modern Islam - Calendar, Ceremony, and Chronology in the Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman Empires (Paperback)
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The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically
redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier
religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based
on a lunar calendar and era, was complex and required
sophistication and accuracy. From the ninth to the sixteenth
centuries, it was the Muslim astronomers of the Ottoman, Safavid
and Mughal empires who were responsible for the major advances in
mathematics, astronomy and astrology. This fascinating study
compares the Islamic concept of time, and its historical and
cultural significance, across these three great empires. Each
empire, while mindful of earlier models, created a new temporal
system, fashioning a new solar calendar and era and a new round of
rituals and ceremonies from the cultural resources at hand. This
book contributes to our understanding of the Muslim temporal system
and our appreciation of the influence of Islamic science on the
Western world.
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