Shahnameh Roxana Zenhari Related Terms: Related Khamseen Videos: Farshid Emami, “Coffee and Coffeehouses in Ottoman and Safavid Lands, 1500-1800,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 9 February 2021. Emine Fetvacı, “Ottoman Illustrated Histories,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 28 August 2020. Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım, “The Birth Scene of Iskandar (Alexander the Great),” Khamseen: Islamic Art History…
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Images of the Virgin Mary in Mughal Art
Images of the Virgin Mary in Mughal Art Mika Natif Synopsis: The Virgin Mary (Maryam) became a popular image among the Mughal ruling elite from the late 16th to the mid-17th century. Her depiction appears in single-page pictures set in albums, on wall paintings in Mughal palaces, and within illustrated manuscripts. This presentation focuses on…
Madrasat al-Firdaws in Aleppo
Madrasat al-Firdaws in Aleppo Yasser Tabbaa Synopsis: Founded in 632/1235 by the Regent Queen Dayfa Khatun, the Madrasat al-Firdaws impresses us today by its female patronage, architectural merits, and by its long and unique inscriptions. Its eleven domes and magnificent mihrab emulate similar features in the earlier Shi‘i Mashhad al-Husayn while its exterior iwan, once…
Mongol Women’s Court Dress
Mongol Women’s Court Dress Eiren Shea Synopsis: This talk discusses Mongol women’s court dress, the formal attire worn by elite Mongol women across the Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries. It focuses in particular on the form of the tall hat worn by elite married women, the boqta, and the wide court robe. Through…
Tree of Pearls: Shajar al-Durr and her Architectural Patronage
Tree of Pearls: Shajar al-Durr and her Architectural Patronage D. Fairchild Ruggles Synopsis: In the mid-thirteenth century, Shajar al-Durr—or “Tree of Pearls”—rose from slavery to become the first female sultan of Egypt, and ultimately the first in what would become the Mamluk line of sultans. With wealth and political power, she built innovative tombs for…
The Bryce Miniature Qur’an and Its Travels Across the Globe
The Bryce Miniature Qur’an and Its Travels Across the Globe Mira Xenia Schwerda Synopsis: This talk focuses on a miniature Qur’an executed in golden ink and housed in a metal locket, now held in the collection of the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh. This Qur’an may look like a manuscript, but…
Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh: Provenance
Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh: Provenance Eleanor Lucy Deacon Synopsis: In this talk, Lucy Deacon explores the provenance of the substantial fragment of Rashid al-Din’s Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), dating to the early 14th century CE and held by the University of Edinburgh’s Heritage Collections (Or Ms 20). She considers both the marks of custodial history within the manuscript…
Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh: Images of the Prophet
Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh: Images of the Prophet Christiane Gruber Synopsis: Rashid al-Din’s Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) is considered the first universal history ever written. The Edinburgh University Library preserves an exceedingly rare and precious illustrated manuscript copy of this text made in 1307–14 CE and thus dating to the author’s time. Its cycle of paintings…
Djingareyber Mosque of Timbuktu: Expression and Innovation at the Saharan Crossroads
Djingareyber Mosque of Timbuktu: Expression and Innovation at the Saharan Crossroads Ashley Miller Synopsis: This presentation examines the history and meaning of Djingareyber Mosque, the Great Mosque of Timbuktu in Mali. Constructed beginning in the fourteenth century under the patronage of Mansa Musa (ruler of the Mali empire from 1312 to 1337), the mosque was…
3rd Annual Khamseen Graduate Student Presentation Award
Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online offers Topic and Term talks to support teaching, learning, and research in Islamic art, architecture, visual culture, and related fields. Since the website’s launch in Fall 2020, new contributions by scholars in the field have consistently grown our catalogue. In 2022, we successfully launched the first annual Khamseen Graduate Student…