Categories : Field-specific (academic)

This new, meticulously researched critical edition based on the earliest 5th/11th-century manuscripts, with a lucid, annotated facing-page translation, brings to the modern reader the power and beauty of this influential text, and confirms the aptness of Raḍī’s title, “The Way of Eloquence.” The new edition will be published in Open Access and is planned for March 28th.

Yusuf Ünal, “Our State in the End Times:” The Safavid Rule and a Shi’i Theory of Sovereignty
Monday Majlis Online on the 4th of March, 17:00-18:30 (UK time)
Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter.

To register:
https://universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkdOCprT8rHNUwXWY8VYfJrzgd5SvjHczR#/registration

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13530194.2023.2251113

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sectarianism-desectarianization-and-regional-politics-in-the-middle-east-9780755639175/

Call for Papers: Language and Meaning in Islamic Legal Theory

The deadline for submissions is 19th April 2024.

This presentation will discuss some of the main features of Persian historiography under the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals. Early modern chroniclers engaged in a number of historiographical practices, including engaging with and modifying the earlier Timurid historiographical traditions, rewriting and repurposing their own narratives, blending genres, and continuing practices such as writing universal histories. By examining Persian chronicles across empires, it is possible to gain a better understanding of how these historiographical traditions crossed imperial boundaries and formed part of the Persianate world.

The talk will draw upon some of the main points in the author’s recent book, Persian Historiography across Empires: the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

Register at:
https://www.bips.ac.uk/event/persian-historiography-across-empires/