{"product_id":"the-empires-of-the-near-east-and-india-9780231174374","title":"The Empires of the Near East and India","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is a comprehensive sourcebook of newly translated texts from the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires of the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries, accompanied by scholarly essays, that aims to provide a new model for the study and teaching of the early modern history of the Near East and India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Empires of the Near East and India \u003c\/i\u003eprovides, really for the first time, a body of early modern primary sources from the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal contexts in translation. A variety of types of text are provided, from poetry to judicial rulings, and the translations are readable while maintaining the flavor of the original Arabic, Persian, or Ottoman Turkish. This will prove a valuable resource for those of us who teach any or all of these imperial histories. -- Michael Talbot, University of Greenwich\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first accessible, high quality, English language sourcebook on medieval and post-classical Islamic empires. Thirty-three original commentaries and translations enrich our understanding of life under the most powerful global empires of the day: The Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals. The book tells the story of diverse peoples: poets and painters, kings and conquerors, scientists and Sufis, and more. For students of world literature and history, this is an indispensable resource. -- Emran El-Badawi, University of Houston\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Empires of the Near East and India\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure trove of carefully selected, freshly translated, and accurately contextualized primary sources from the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal worlds. Covering a rich array of themes that range from political culture and religiosities to scientific writing and artistic production, this one-of-a-kind collection will become standard reading for students of early modern (Muslim) empires. -- A. Tunç Şen, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is a laudable effort to compile a handy and well-edited volume with expert contributions on a wide range of topics of interest to historians studying and teaching the pasts of these three empires, their global histories and their encounters with other political and social protagonists of the early modern period. * H-Soz-Kult *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an invaluable book for anyone studying, teaching, and\/or researching the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires and will definitely find its way onto many university reading lists as a core text. * H-History and Theory *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditor’s Note\u003cbr\u003e Editor’s Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction, by Hani Khafipour\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I. The Religious Landscape\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e1. Converts, Apostates, and Polytheists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. Confessions of an Armenian Convert: The \u003ci\u003eI‘tirafnama\u003c\/i\u003e of Abkar (‘Ali Akbar) Armani, by Rudi Matthee\u003cbr\u003e II. Conversion, Apostasy, and Relations Between Muslims and Non-Muslims: Fatwas of the Ottoman Shaykh al-Islams, by Nikolay Antov\u003cbr\u003e III. The Night Debates at Jahangir’s Court’Abd al-Sattar’s \u003ci\u003eMajalis-i Jahangiri\u003c\/i\u003e, by Corinne Lefèvre\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e2. Heretics, Polytheists, and the Path of the Righteous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Shi’a Path of the Righteous: The Strength of Akhbarism in Safavid Iran, by Maryam Moazzen\u003cbr\u003eII. Ottoman Religious Rulings Concerning The Safavids: Ebussuud Efendi’s Fatwas, by Abdurrahman Atçıl\u003cbr\u003eIII. A Mughal Debate About Jain Asceticism, by Audrey Truschke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e3. The Zealot, the Sufi, and the Quest for Spiritual Transcendence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. Opposition to Sufism in Safavid Iran: A Debate Between Mulla Muhammad-Tahir Qummi and Mulla Muhammad-Taqi Majlisi, by Ata Anzali\u003cbr\u003eII. The Worldview of a Sufi in the Ottoman Realm: Hakiki and \u003ci\u003eHis Book of Guidance\u003c\/i\u003e, by F. Betul Yavuz\u003cbr\u003eIII. Sufism and the Divine Law: Ahmad Sirhindi’s Ruminations, by Arthur F. Buehler\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II. Political Culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Conceptions of Sovereignty: The Poet, the Scholar, and the Court Sufi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. The Safavid Claim to Sovereignty According to a Court Bureaucrat, by Hani Khafipour\u003cbr\u003eII. Kingship and Legitimacy in the Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Empire, by Huseyin Yılmaz\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Millennial and Saintly Sovereignty of Emperor Shah Jahan According to a Court Sufi, by A. Azfar Moin\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. The King’s Deathbed: Coronation, Execution, and Fratricide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eI. In the Shadow of Shah ‘Abbas: The Succession of Shah Safi (r. 1629–1642), by Sholeh A. Quinn\u003cbr\u003eII. The Ottoman Conception of Sovereignty and Succession: Mustafa Ali’s \u003ci\u003eEssence of History\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eKunh al-Akhbar\u003c\/i\u003e), by Zahit Atçıl\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Way of Tradition and the Path of Innovation: Aurangzeb and Dara Shukuh’s Struggle for the Mughal Throne, by Jane Mikkelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. A Tale of Three Cities: Diplomacy and Conquest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eI. Imperial Geopolitics and the Otiose Quest for Qandahar, by Hani Khafipour\u003cbr\u003eII. The Ottoman Conquest of Buda(pest): Sultan Suleiman’s Imperial Letter of Victory, by Zahit Atçıl\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Mughal Conquest of Chittor: Study of Akbar’s Letter of Victory, Taymiya R. Zaman\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III. Philosophical Inquiries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e7. Philosophy as a Way of Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eI. The Many Faces of Philosophy in the Safavid Age, by Sajjad Rizvi\u003cbr\u003eII. Philosophia Ottomanica: Jalal al-Din Davani on Establishing the Existence of the Necessary Being, by Ahab Bdaiwi\u003cbr\u003eIII. Philosophy and Legal Theory: \u003ci\u003eThe Musallam al-thubut\u003c\/i\u003e of Muhibballah al-Bihari and Its Commentary by ‘Abd al-’Ali Bahr al-’Ulum, by Asad Q. Ahmad\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Lettrists, Alchemists, and Astrologers: The Occult Sciences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eI. The Occult Sciences in Safavid Iran, by Matthew Melvin-Koushki\u003cbr\u003eII. A Commentary on \u003ci\u003eThe Secret of Ta-Ha\u003c\/i\u003e by the Pseudo-Eşrefoǧlu Rumi, by Tuna Artun\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Occult Sciences at the Mughal Court During the Sixteenth Century, by Eva Orthmann\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV. Literature and the Arts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e9. Three Poets and the Three Literary Climes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eI. Selections from the Poetry of Muhtasham Kashani, by Paul Losensky\u003cbr\u003eII. The Poet ‘Azmizade Haleti and the Transformation of Ottoman Literature in the Seventeenth Century, by Berat Acil\u003cbr\u003eIII. Mughal Sanskrit Literature: The \u003ci\u003eBook of War\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTreasury of Compassion\u003c\/i\u003e, by Audrey Truschke\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Royal Patronage: A College, Poets, and the Making of an Imperial Secretary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eI. The Leading Religious College in Early Modern Iran: Madrasa-yi Sultani and Its Endowment, by Maryam Moazzen\u003cbr\u003eII. Imperial Patronage of Literature in the Ottoman World, 1400–1600, by Murat Umut Inan\u003cbr\u003eIII. A Letter of Advice from a Mughal Gentleman to His Son, by Rajeev Kinra\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Painters, Calligraphers, and Collectors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eI. Reading a Painting: Sultan-Muhammad’s \u003ci\u003eThe Court of Gayumars\u003c\/i\u003e, by Sheila Blair\u003cbr\u003eII. The Making of a Legendary Calligrapher: Textual Portraits of Sheikh Hamdullah, by Esra Akın-Kıvanç\u003cbr\u003eIII. Deccani Seals and Scribal Notations: Sources for the Study of Indo-Persian Book Arts and Collecting (c. 1400–1680), by Keelan Overton and Jake Benson\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864255869271,"sku":"9780231174374","price":35.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231174374.jpg?v=1722271096","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-empires-of-the-near-east-and-india-9780231174374","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}