Simurgh

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Simurgh

Mika Natif

Related Terms:

  • Buraq (The Prophet Muhammad’s legendary beast)

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References:

Blois, François Clément de. “Simurgh.” In Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, edited by P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, and W.P. Heinrichs. Leiden: Brill, 2012.

Bürgel, J. Christoph. The Feather of Simurgh: The “Licit Magic” of the Arts in Medieval Islam. New York: New York University Press, 1988.

Compareti, Matteo. “Iranian Composite Creatures between the Caucasus and Western China: The Case of the So-Called Simurgh.” Iran and the Caucasus 24, no. 2 (2020): 115–38.

Warner, Arthur George, and Edmond Warner. The Shahnama of Firdausi. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & CO. Ltd, 1905.

Citation:

Mika Natif, “Simurgh,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 12 October 2021.

Mika Natif is Associate Professor of Art History at the George Washington University. Her scholarly work focuses on the intercultural exchanges and global connections that Muslim societies forged with Europe during the premodern era. She is the author of Mughal Occidentalism: Artistic Encounters Between Europe and Asia at the Courts of India, 1580-1630 (Leiden: Brill, 2018). Her current research explores notions of images, diversity and religious tolerance in the arts of Mughal India, female portraiture, and the role of women as patrons and artists in pre-modern Persianate spheres.