Archive for January, 2018

Bahrain arrests 47, charges 290 in mass crackdown

DUBAI: Bahraini police said Sunday they had arrested 47 people on charges linked to terrorism, including plots to assassinate “public figures,” as well as filing charges against another 290. The government accuses Tehran of training “terrorist cells” in the tiny island state. Iran denies involvement.

 

1.MScT Scholarship in Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh

The Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh is delighted to invite applications for a fees only MSc Taught degree scholarship for any of its programmes (Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Middle Eastern Studies with Arabic/Advanced Arabic, Advanced Arabic, Persian Civilisation).

The scholarship will be funded by IMES and will cover tuition fees at the Home/EU rate.

Applications for both the Scholarship and the MSc must be made by 2nd May 2018.

For more information and to apply, visit:

 

https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/graduate-school/fees-and-funding/funding/masters-students/imes-msct-scholarship

 

 

2. The Baker Institute is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow working on religion and politics in the Middle East: https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/12707

 

 

 

 

3. The Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology and the University of Strasbourg are pleased to invite you to the 14th colloquium of the Society that will be held at the University of Strasbourg, July 5–7, 2018. This year’s colloquium will be under the title The History of Material Cultures and Visual Arts in the Islamic Lands: Current State of research and New Perspectives.

The history of material cultures and visual arts in the Islamic lands is a relatively young research area, but it has proved to be capable of reflecting critically on itself. Thus, archaeologists, material culture historians and art historians rose to the challenge of Orientalism, questioning their position and perceptions. The field is still debating its very definition and scope: How useful is it to frame it as “Islamic” or “Islamicate”? Where are its geographic and temporal boundaries? What about “centers and peripheries,” and other historiographical models? The area of investigation is so wide, not only in terms of territory and timespan, but also of the types of material and artistic output involved that it requires constant updating of its methods and approaches, notably within the context of museums and exhibitions, and at a time when Islam has become a perennial topic of public debate.

The 14th colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Gesellschaft will be a general meeting on the current state and the new perspectives of research on Islamic material cultures and visual arts. Its main objective is to offer an opportunity to present ongoing research projects, to exchange ideas and views, and to discuss practices and experiences on various aspects of the archaeology, material culture and art history of the Islamic or Islamicate worlds. That is why we particularly encourage pre-arranged panels on specific sub-themes addressed from different angles, in the hope of generating unanticipated questions and consistent discussions.

The colloquium begins with a key-note lecture on Thursday, July 5, 2018. It continues with panel sessions on Friday and Saturday, July 6–7. A meeting of the graduate students is scheduled for Thursday, July 5, for which a separate call for papers will be circulated. The annual EHG members’ assembly will be held on Friday or Saturday afternoon.

Registration and participation are free for members of the Society. Other speakers and participants are asked to pay a conference fee (50 € / reduced 25 €). We kindly request that speakers and participants organize their own travel and accommodation. A list of hotels located in the vicinity of the colloquium venue will be sent in due course.

Pre-arranged panels will preferably include three presentations. It is of course also possible to submit individual papers, which will be presented in open panels. Each presentation should be limited to 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of discussion (or 30 minutes of discussion per panel). The colloquium languages will be English, German, and French.

Pre-arranged panels: Please submit a title and an abstract of no-more than 500 words presenting the topic and the aim of the panel, as well as a provisional list of speakers.

Individual papers: Please submit a title and an abstract of no more than 300 words.

Please submit your panel or paper proposal by March 1, 2018 to Nourane Ben Azzouna: benazzouna@unistra.fr

If you want to submit a paper proposal for the graduates meeting, please send your title and abstract to Sarah Johnson: sarah.cresap.johnson@gmail.com

All proposals will undergo a peer review selection process. Acceptance will be notified by April 1.

 

 

 

 

4. The British Library: Of unicorns and other oddities: an 18th century Persian medical manual

http://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2018/01/of-unicorns-and-other-oddities-an-18th-century-persian-medical-manual.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+asian-and-african+%28Asia+and+Africa%29

 

 

 

5. Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic

Washington and Lee University

Department of German, Russian, and Arabic

Deadline: 15 February 2018

Washington and Lee University invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor in Arabic, beginning 1 July 2018. This position carries a teaching load of 6 courses over three terms (two 12-week terms and one 4-week term): 2-3-1. Duties include teaching all levels of Arabic (first-, second-, and third-year), as well as advanced Arabic language courses that focus on media, conversation and composition, or topics in Arab literature, culture, and film. In addition to teaching responsibilities, the candidate will be expected to help supervise the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA), organize and assist with extracurricular activities, and contribute to the recently formed program in Middle East and South Asia (MESA) Studies.

Qualifications: Candidates must have completed at least an M.A. in Arabic Language (TAFL or a related field (e.g., second language acquisition, comparative literature, Middle Eastern Studies)). Preferred qualifications include ABD status or a Ph.D. Qualified applicants will have comprehensive mastery and fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and a dialect. The competitive applicant will have demonstrated experience in Arabic language pedagogy using the integrated approach in a North American or liberal arts context.

Review of applications will begin 15 February 2018. Interviews will be conducted through Skype. The position will remain open until filled. When applying online to this position, applicants will be required to upload a cover letter, C.V., teaching philosophy, graduate transcript(s), teaching portfolio (to include sample syllabi and teaching evaluations, if available), and contact information for three confidential letters of recommendation. Please upload all documents on Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/48377

Questions may be addressed to Professor Anthony Edwards, at EdwardsA@wlu.edu.

 

 

6. Understanding Shari’a: Past Perfect, Imperfect Presen

Uses of the Past in Islamic Legal Thought and Practice

Summer School

8^th – 14^th July 2018

University of Exeter, UK

Call for Applications

We are inviting advanced doctoral students and early career researchers (see definitions below) in the area of Islamic Legal Studies, to apply to participate in the USPPIP Summer School. USPPIP is a collaborative project of the universities of Exeter, Bergen, Göttingen and Leiden. The project (running from 2016 to 2018) aims to explore how the past is employed in Islamic legal thought and practice with a focus on the areas of violence, the state, gender and custom.

Eight fully-funded places are available on the Summer School. Funding will include travel to and from Exeter, accommodation and subsistence whilst in Exeter. The Summer School sessions will take place in the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies. Participants will include members of the USPPIP team (drawn from the universities of Bergen, Exeter, Gottingen and Leiden), invited scholars and members of the Centre for the Study of Islam in the University of Exeter (see http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/research/centres/csi/).

For more information on the “Uses of the Past” research programme of Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) got to: www.heranet.info.

 

 

 

7. Call for Papers: Joint Conference between the British Association for the Study of Religions and the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions

3–5 September 2018, Queen’s University, Belfast

Held in Association with the Religious Studies Research Forum at the Institute of Theology and the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics.

 

Keynote Speakers

Gladys Ganiel (Queen’s University, Belfast)

Naomi Goldenberg (University of Ottawa)

 

See https://basr.ac.uk/ and/or https://isasr.wordpress.com/ for more information and updates.

 

 

 

 

8. Ferdowsi Tusi Millennium Memorial Endowment Persian Literature and Culture Graduate Paper Award 

The Persian Studies Program and the University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are pleased to announce the Ferdowsi Tusi Millennium Memorial Endowment Persian Literature and Culture Annual Graduate Paper Award.

Deadline: The paper must be submitted by February 1, 2018.

We welcome papers from graduate students of various disciplines focusing on different historical periods of Iran. We are interested in interdisciplinary approaches. The paper should be written in English, double-spaced, unpublished, and not exceed 5000 words (excluding the bibliography). Please add a 200-word abstract on top of your paper and have your name and affiliation marked on all documents.

A committee of three reviewers will review the papers and announce the winner by the end of February 2018. The winner is required to attend the UNC annual Nowruz Celebration in late March and give a talk on the topic of their paper. All the economy class travel expenses within the U.S. and lodging will be covered by UNC.

Please submit your paper by Email to Dr. Claudia Yaghoobi at yaghoobi@email.unc.edu

 

 

 

 

9. International Conference: “Commentaries Read Horizontally: Towards a Sociological Approach to the Study of Commentaries in the Islamicate World,”  University of Bonn, 25–27 January 2019

The conference and the planned publication aim for a holistic approach to commentary literature, reading them horizontally (across space, including social space) as well as vertically, and understanding the commentary’s contents on the one hand and the author’s social and political context on the other as two complementary and equally necessary elements of the analysis.

Deadline for abstracts: 28 February 2018. Information: https://www.academia.edu/35692792/Commentaries_read_horizontally_-_CfP.pdf

 

 

 

10. Posts:

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Exeter, UK

The College of Humanities wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate to support the work of Dr. Nandini Chatterjee within the project Forms of Law in the Early Modern Persianate World, 17th-19th centuries. This full-time post is available from 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2020.

Deadline for applications: 1 March 2018. Information: www.exeter.ac.uk/jobs. For further information contact Dr. Nandini Chatterjee on email: n.chatterjee@ex.ac.uk

 

Full-time Lecturer in Arabic Program, Carleton College, Northfield, MN

The Department of Middle Eastern Languages at Carleton College invites applications for a full-time lecturer in its dynamic and growing Arabic program, to begin September 1, 2018. MA or Ph.D. in Arabic language, literature or applied linguistics as well as teaching experience at college level is required.

Deadline for applications: 23 February 2018. Information: https://jobs.carleton.edu/postings/3507

 

Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic History, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Applications are invited for a full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month, fixed-term position from 16 September 2018 until 15 June 2019. Preferred specialization is religion, as well as a regional focus on Africa. Reappointment is possible.

Deadline for applications: 1 March 2018. Information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56306

 

 

11. CFP – Conference on the Role of Art and Architecture in Scientific Communication between Iran and the Arab World
University of Kashan
May 12-13, 2018

The rich background of architecture and art in the two geographic regions of Iran and the Arab world and its role in scientific and cultural communication in the Muslim world is a major issue that has been dealt with little and the deep relationship between them has been insufficiently documented. Kashan University is proud to organize an international conference on the role of art and architecture in scientific communication between Iran and the Arab world with the participation of international and foreign thinkers. The Scientific Secretariat of the Conference invites all researchers interested in the subject to submit articles on this topic

For more information, please visit the website of the conference: http://irarconf.ir/en/

 

 

Between the Politics of Difference and the Poetics of Similarity|

This paper studies the ritual of Ashura as performed by a group of Shia Pakistani migrants in Piraeus, Greece, inscribed in the context of the financial crisis that is currently shaking the country and its socio-political implications, notably the rise of the far-right.

Bahrain ruling on Nabeel Rajab jail term condemned

Human rights groups have roundly condemned a ruling by a Bahraini court to affirm a two-year jail sentence of activist Nabeel Rajab, saying the verdict “illustrates the corruption” of the kingdom’s justice system. Rajab had been found guilty in July of “spreading rumours and untruthful information” against the government in TV interviews.

1.Conference: “Religious Marriages in the Mediterranean”, Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta, 20-21 March 2018

This multidisciplinary conference seeks to bring together researchers who have engaged in research on religious marriages in the Mediterranean.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2018. Information: http://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-religious-marriages-in-the-mediterranean-20-21-march-malta?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

2. International Conference: “The Druze Millennium: Celebrating a Thousand Years of Diversity”, American University of Beirut, End of April 2018 (2 days)

The conference will bring together leading researchers who have contributed to the field of Middle Eastern Studies with particular reference to the Druze. The conference will focus on the political, social and cultural evolution and/ or role of the Druze.

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2018, Information: https://website.aub.edu.lb/cah/Pages/Call-for-Papers-The-Druze-Millennium—Celebrating-a-Thousand-Years-of-Diversity.aspx

 

 

 

3. International Conference: “Religious Conversions: Then and Now”, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheba, 28-30 May 2018

The conference tries to emphasize analogies between different religions in similar and different spacial and temporal settings attempting to identify internal transformations within each of the three Abrahamic faiths and cultures regarding conversion and inter-religious encounters.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2018. Information: http://mailchi.mp/mediterraneanseminar/cfp-religious-conversions-then-and-now-28-31-may-beer-sheva?e=82aeb6c61d

 

 

 

4. Conference: “Quran and Islamic Tradition in Comparative Perspective”, Helsinki, 30 July – 3 August 2018, Finland

Topics might include the Quran and Islamic tradition in the wider context of the history of the Western monotheisms; Islam’s profound historical relationships with Judaism, Christianity, and the biblical heritage; and comparative inquiry and intercommunal dialogue more generally.

Deadline for abstracts: 14 February 2018. Information: https://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_CallForPaperDetails.aspx?MeetingId=32&VolunteerUnitId=518

 

 

 

5. PhD Studentship for Research on “Refugee Entrepreneurship: Belonging and Social Inclusion for Refugees in the UK”, University of Southampton

Deadline for application: 31 January 2018. Information: https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=SCDTP947717CC

 

 

 

6. Funded Positions for Research Projects on “Islam, the Modern Nation State and Transnational Movements” by Gerda Henkel Foundation

 

Deadline for applications: 16 May 2018. Information: http://www.fundit.fr/fr/calls/research-projects-islam-modern-nation-state-and-transnational-movements

 

 

 

7. Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Social and Cultural History of Islam and Islamic Worlds, University of Lausanne

The successful applicant will have a PhD in History, History of the religions or a title considered to be equivalent, should be able to demonstrate solid skills in the concerned fields: thorough knowledge of at least one relevant language; excellent scholarly publications and experience in teaching, etc.

Deadline for application: 8 March 2018. Information: https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?career%5fns=job%5flisting&company=universitdP&navBarLevel=JOB%5fSEARCH&rcm%5fsite%5flocale=en%5fUS&site=VjItQWt5MjVDbnNGNGlkV21MMFpPZDkrdz09&career_job_req_id=13102&selected_lang=en_US&jobAlertController_jobAlertId=&jobAlertController_jobAlertName=&_s.crb=jPUzFPuD3R1w0UhkWox3sl8xvXA%3d

 

 

 

8. Core Faculty Position in Arabic Language and Linguistics, Georgetown University in Qatar

We seek applications from associate and full professors and scholars with previous experience as a program director, center director or department chairperson as well as with previous experience teaching Arabic to heritage language learners.

Review of applications will begin on 10 January 2018 until the positon is filled. For information contact aez3@georgetown.edu

 

 

 

9. Executive Director/Editor for the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP), Washington, DC

The Executive Director/Editor (ED) holds primary administrative responsibility for MERIP and editing responsibility for Middle East Report and online publications. Qualifications:  Familiarity with and commitment to MERIP; Master’s degree in Middle East studies or equivalent; book or magazine editing experience preferred.

Review of applications will begin on 29 January 2018. Information: silversp@reed.edu

 

 

 

10. Other posts:

Arabic Language Teaching Fellow, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA

Applicants should be at least ABD in a field related to Arabic/Middle Eastern Studies and should have at least three years of experience in teaching Arabic at the college level and native or near-native proficiency in Arabic.

Deadline for application: 8 February 2018. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/47921.

 

 

 

Lecturer in Arabic Language, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

One year initial appointment with possibility of renewal for term(s) of three and five years thereafter. Responsibilities will include teaching two language courses each semester, curriculum development, and active promotion of the Arabic program.

Deadline for application: 1 February 2018. Information: https://careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/4643

 

 

 

Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics of the Middle East, University of Arkansas

The candidate may focus on issues such as the emergence of civil society and community engagement in a complex institutional environment, gender dynamics, migration, conflict resolution, or human rights.

Deadline for application: 1 February 2018. Information: http://jobs.uark.edu/postings/24353. Posting #F384P

 

 

Three-year Postdoctoral Assistant Professorship in Middle East Studies (Humanities or Social Sciences), Rutgers University, New Brunswick

We invite applications for a non-renewable three-year postdoctoral assistant professorship from any Middle Eastern Studies discipline in the humanities or social sciences.

Review of applications will begin: 15 February 2018. Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/47764

 

 

 

Open Rank Faculty Position in Arabic, Claremont McKenna College, CA

The position is to begin in July 2018 for three years, with the possibility of renewal, subject to annual performance review.

Deadline for applications: 1 March 2018. Information: https://webapps.cmc.edu/jobs/faculty/faculty_opening_detail.php?PostingID=16032

 

 

 

Full-time Faculty Position in Arabic Linguistics, Arabic Culture or Relevant Fields, Department of Arabic Language and Culture, National Cheng-Chi University in Taipei, Taiwan

Deadline for applications: 28 February 2018. Information: https://mesana.org/professional-opportunities/employment.html#NatlChengChiU

 

 

 

11. Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires considers the role and place of gardens and landscapes in the broader context of the information sharing that took place among Europeans and Islamic empires in Turkey, Persia, and India. In illustrating commonalities in the design, development, and people’s perceptions of gardens and nature in both regions, this volume substantiates important parallels in the revolutionary advancements in landscape architecture that took place during the era. The contributors explain how the exchange of gardeners as well as horticultural and irrigation techniques influenced design traditions in the two cultures; examine concurrent shifts in garden and urban landscape design, such as the move toward more public functionality; and explore the mutually influential effects of politics, economics, and culture on composed outdoor space. In doing so, they shed light on the complexity of cultures and politics during the Renaissance.  This book points to new areas in inquiry about the influences, confluences, and connections between European and Islamic garden traditions.

Title:  Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires: Encounters and Confluences
Editor: Mohammad Gharipour
Publisher:  Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN13: 978-0-271-07779-6
Number of pages: 272
Number of illustrations: 122

 

 

Le shaykhisme à la période qajare

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1.Call for Papers

Heritage Revisited – Rediscovering Islamic Objects in Enlightenment Europe

27.-28. September 2018, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Universität Wien

Mattia Guidetti (Universität Wien); Isabelle Dolezalek (SFB 980 „Episteme in Bewegung“, Freie Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin)

Themes and questions addressed may include the following:

• How was pre-existing knowledge on Islamic objects in Europe dissected and reassessed? Which narratives and legends circulated on these objects? How was new knowledge communicated?
• Orientalists travelled to see objects and exchanged letters discussing the Islamic material collected in Europe. Institutions interested in Oriental culture bourgeoned. Who were the scholars involved? What were the networks of scholars or institutions established or reinforced through the process of the “discovery” of Islamic objects in Europe?
• The 17^th/18^th -century interest in such objects entailed copious documentation. What were the materials produced (drawings, descriptions, copies of the objects…)? How did this genre of documentation differ from previous ones? How did it impact upon the subsequent history of the objects?
• Islamic objects that were now freed from fictitious attributions to saints or famous Latin kings, for instance, were perceived, touched and manipulated in new ways. Once the objects were “neutralized”, the process of musealisation started. Which institutions were involved and how did this process shape our modern perception of the objects? Was there any resistance, for example from the Church, to the demystification process of the objects?
• The act of reading inscriptions and “deciphering” the objects was not a neutral one, it entailed misreading and misinterpretation. How did this affect the reception of such objects in art historical literature and institutions?
• When looking at the rediscovery of Islamic origins and the subsequent reclassification processes of objects that were unquestioned parts of local heritage for centuries, are we also looking at a stage in European history when an explicit exclusion of Islamic objects from European heritage took place? What is the intellectual context of this shaping of national and European identities?

Abstracts no longer than 300 words should be addressed to following addresses by 1^st February 2018: dolezalek@tu-berlin.de and mattia.guidetti@univie.ac.at

 

 

 

 

2. Scholarships and Awards Available at the Centre for Iranian Studies (CIS), SOAS, University of London

Information: https://www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships/

 

 

 

3. Articles for “Journal for Iranian Studies”

Deadline for abstracts: 1 March 2018. Information: https://goo.gl/ByJdcm and

https://goo.gl/d44wNV

contact: m.zahid@arabiangcis.com

 

 

 

4. Pilot Project Grants from the British Institute for the Study of Iraq

We welcome applications in support of research on Iraq, in all fields of the arts, humanities or social sciences, concerned with any time period from prehistory to the medieval era to the present day.

Deadline for application: 1 February 2018. Information: http://www.bisi.ac.uk/content/pilot-project-grants

 

 

 

5. CfP: The International Congress on the Development and Exaltation of Knowledge and the Sciences in the Light of Revealed Rationality. 5-6 May 2018

See: http://icajcongress.ir/en/

– Deadline for submitting abstracts (of no more than 300 words): 10 February 2018

– UT Scholarships: The University of Tehran will be offering some scholarships for foreign graduate students to cover the registration fee and part of their traveling expenses and accommodations. To apply for a scholarship, please send a separate letter expressing financial need as well as travel expenses.

 

 

 

6. Nabia Abbott’s books at the Oriental Institute, Univ of Chicago

Books by Nabia Abbott available for download from the Oriental Institute

• Oriental Institute Publications 50: The Rise of the North Arabic Script and Its Kur’anic Development, with a Full Description of the Kur’an Manuscripts in the Oriental Institute, by Nabia Abbott (University of Chicago Press, 1939)

• Oriental Institute Publications 75: Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri I: Historical Texts, by Nabia Abbott (University of Chicago Press, 1957)

• Oriental Institute Publications 76: Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri II: Qur’anic Commentary and Tradition, by Nabia Abbott (University of Chicago Press, 1967)

• Oriental Institute Publications 77: Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri III: Language and Literature, by Nabia Abbott (University of Chicago Press, 1972)

• SAOC 15: The Kurrah Papyri from Aphrodito in the Oriental Institute. Nabia Abbott. Originally published in 1938.

• SAOC 16. The Monasteries of the Fayyum. Nabia Abbott. 1937.

• Two Queens of Baghdad: Mother and Wife of Harun al-Rashid. Nabia Abbott. Originally published in 1946.

• Aishah: The Beloved of Mohammed. Nabia Abbott. Originally published in 1942.

Search at: https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oriental-institute-publications-oip

and: https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/islamic-studies

and: https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/miscellaneous-publications

 

7. Women of Islamic Studies

Women of Islamic Studies is a crowdsourced database of women scholars who work on Muslims and Islam. This ongoing project is in its beta version. Once sufficient data has been collected I will partner with a university for a more stable home.

https://drkristianpetersen.com/women-of-islamic-studies/

Pakistani politics risk aggravating problems and heightening regional tension

Credit: Balochistan Police Self-serving Pakistani politics threaten to aggravate the country’s myriad problems that have strained its relations with the United States and could heighten tension in the restless, key geo-strategic region of Balochistan, a vital node bordering Iran in China’s Belt and Road initiative and the earmarked home for the People’s Republic’s second foreign military base.

Africa Federation Archives – History of Dar es Salaam Mosque

In later years, the gents Imambara was extended vertically and the upper floor was dedicated to Ladies. Further vertical expansion of the mosque and the Imambara were done starting 1990s. Between 2004 to 2010, there was further expansion of the gents and ladies Imambara, including the demolition and total rebuilding of Mehfil-e-Abbas (A.S.)

Mausoleums in Safavid Family History

An Unpublished Royal Edict from the Ardabil Shrine (912/1507) [DYNTRAN WORKING PAPER 28, September 2017] by Naofumi ABE The presence of family mausoleums is a common phenomenon in Muslim-majority regions of Western and Central Asia, Northern Africa, and the Indian Subcontinent. Modern research on Muslim mausoleums has been mainly linked to scholarly interest in Sufism …