Sufi lovers, Safavid silks and early modern identity / Nazanin Hedayat Munroe

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Sufi lovers, Safavid silks and early modern identity / Nazanin Hedayat Munroe

Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2023]

248 pages illustrations 25 cm

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Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; -- 41

"This book examines a group of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century figural silks depicting legendary lovers from the Khamsa (Quintet) of epic Persian poetry. Codified by Nizami Ganjavi in the twelfth century, the Khamsa gained popularity in the Persian-speaking realm through illustrated manuscripts produced for the elite, creating a template for illustrating climactic scenes in the love stories of "Layla and Majnun" and "Khusrau and Shirin" that appear on early modern silks. Attributed to Safavid Iran, the publication proposes that dress fashioned from these silks represented Sufi ideals based on the characters. Migration of weavers between Safavid and Mughal courts resulted in producing goods for a sophisticated and educated elite, demonstrating shared cultural values and potential reattribution. Through an examination of primary source materials, literary analysis of the original text, and close iconographical study of figural designs, the study presents original cross-disciplinary arguments about patronage, provenance, and the socio-cultural significance of wearing these silks." --

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Note on transliteration -- Introduction: Material culture and mysticism in the Persianate world -- 1. Silks, signatures and self-fashioning -- 2. Dressed as king, lover and beloved: Khusrau and Shirin -- 3. Weaving stories, weaving self: Layla and Majnun as Sufi icons -- 4. The divine cloak of majesty: material culture in Sufi practice -- 5. Mughal dress and spirituality: the age of Sufi kings -- 6. Safavid figural silks in diplomacy: rare textiles of novel design -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: List of Khamsa silks -- Appendix B: Summary of 'Shirin and Khusrau' by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi -- Appendix C: Summary of 'Majnun and Layla' by Amir Khusrau Dihlavi -- Glossary of textile terms -- Glossary of Persian and Arabic terms -- List of historic figures

Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; 41

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(OCoLC)on1342492115

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