سحابة النور

نظام تشغيل برامج نور عبر الإنترنت

For a detailed overview of the Noor programmes produced by the Computer Research Center of Islamic Sciences, click here.

Shi’i Islam and Sufism

Offering new perspectives on the relationship between Shi’is and Sufis in modern and pre-modern times, this book challenges the supposed opposition between these two esoteric traditions in Islam by exploring what could be called “Shi’i Sufism” and “Sufi-oriented Shi’ism” at various points in history.

The Kurdish Emirate of Brādōst, 1510-1609 in: Oriente Moderno Volume 99 Issue 3 (2019)

The Brādōst Kurdish emirate, ruling over Rawāndiz and adjoining areas including parts of Urmīya, is one of the numerous Kurdish ruling families of Kurdistan, which succumbed to the conquering Ottoman and Safavid arms in the 16th-century. While Ardalān, Ḥakkārī, Chamīšgazak, and many other Kurdish emirates were yielded to the several recent studies, Brādōst remained a neglected Kurdish emirate.

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A Jewish Vizier and his Shīʿī Manifesto: Jews, Shīʿīs, and the Politicization of Confessional Identities in Mongol-ruled Iraq and Iran (13th to 14th centuries) : Der Islam

AbstractThis paper seeks to situate Jewish individuals from the upper echelons of the Mongol government in Iran and Iraq (1258‒1335) in relation to the process of confessional, Sunnī-Shīʿī polarization. Focusing on the case of the Baghdadi Jewish physician and vizier Saʿd al-Dawla (d.

ʿAli Qoli Jebādār et l’Occidentalisme Safavide – Une étude sur les peintures dites <i>farangi sāzi</i>, leurs milieux et commanditaires sous Shāh Soleimān (1666-94) | brill

Table des matières Remerciements Transcription du persan Liste des abréviations dans les notes Liste des illustrations et crédits photos Introduction  Farangi sāzi L’objet de la recherche : le mécénat sous Shāh Soleimān Méthodologie et sources Plan ʿAli Qoli Jebādār : l’artiste aux titres royaux  Introduction La question des origines de ʿAli Qoli Jebādār et son importance relative Une main, une signature Jebādār et la question de Jebākhāneh La carrière de ʿAli Qoli Jebādār : une nouvelle datation Bilan Farangi sāzi ?

دانلود کتاب تاریخ فرهنگ و تمدن ایران در دوره صفویان: با تاکید بر هویت فرهنگی -محسن بهرام نژاد – سمت –

مطالعه کتاب تاریخ فرهنگ و تمدن ایران در دوره صفویان در کتابخوان سمت

Iraq’s Sources of Emulation: Scholarly Capital and Competition in Contemporary Shiʿism

Religious knowledge is at the heart of the Shiʿi system of clerical authority known as the marjaʿiyya. Given the multiplicity of more or less well-established claimants to the position, this article explores the scholarly credentials of the contemporary marjaʿ[source of emulation; pl. marājiʿ].

Project MUSE – Introduction: Early Modern Islamic Cities

Perhaps the most significant result of these intertwined processes was the emergence of distinct publics and public spaces in the midst of early modern European urban life. These publics and public spaces were the result of complex interactions between political authorities and communities in the context of the emergent market economies and empire- and state-building projects.

Articles on Esfahan:
‘Cookery and Urbanity in Early Modern Isfahan’ – Sussan Babaie
‘Discursive Images and Urban Itineraries: Literary Form and City Experience in Early Modern Iran’ – Farshid Emami

Saudi Iranian rivalry polarises Nigerian Muslims

“The Saudis watching the Iranians trying to break into northern Nigeria is almost like watching someone else try to befriend your best friend,” said Ini Dele-Adedeji, a Nigerian academic at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, referring to the region’s religious elites that have aligned themselves with the kingdom.