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Time in early modern Islam : calendar, ceremony, and chronology in the Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman empires / by Stephen P. Blake.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781139612883
  • 1139612883
  • 9781139625906
  • 113962590X
  • 9781139343305
  • 1139343300
  • 9781139616607
  • 1139616609
  • 1283942992
  • 9781283942997
  • 1107237483
  • 9781107237483
  • 1139622188
  • 9781139622189
  • 1139609246
  • 9781139609241
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Time in early modern Islam.DDC classification:
  • 529/.327 23
LOC classification:
  • CE59 .B63 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Time in Early Modern Islam; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; CALENDRICAL; CEREMONIAL; CHRONOLOGICAL; Munajjim (Astronomer/Astrologer); OBSERVATORY AT ISFAHAN; Observatory at Maragha; Observatory of the Time and Hour; Observatory at Samarqand; 1 Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman Empires; SAFAVID EMPIRE (1501-1722); MUGHAL EMPIRE (1526-1739); OTTOMAN EMPIRE; 2 Calendar; SAFAVID EMPIRE; MUNAJJIM; MUGHAL EMPIRE; MUNAJJIM/JYOTISH; OTTOMAN EMPIRE; MUNECCIM; 3 Ceremony; SAFAVID EMPIRE; MUGHAL EMPIRE; Islamic (Lunar).
Indic (Lunisolar)Zoroastrian (Solar); Imperial Birthday Ceremony; OTTOMAN EMPIRE; 4 Chronology: Era; SAFAVID EMPIRE; Fiscal; Dating; MUGHAL EMPIRE; Fiscal; Dating; OTTOMAN EMPIRE; Fiscal; Dating; 5 Chronology: Millenarian; SAFAVID EMPIRE; MUGHAL EMPIRE; OTTOMAN EMPIRE; 6 Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index.
Summary: Stephen Blake compares the Islamic concept of time across the empires of the Safavids, Ottomans and Mughals.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Cover; Time in Early Modern Islam; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; CALENDRICAL; CEREMONIAL; CHRONOLOGICAL; Munajjim (Astronomer/Astrologer); OBSERVATORY AT ISFAHAN; Observatory at Maragha; Observatory of the Time and Hour; Observatory at Samarqand; 1 Safavid, Mughal, and Ottoman Empires; SAFAVID EMPIRE (1501-1722); MUGHAL EMPIRE (1526-1739); OTTOMAN EMPIRE; 2 Calendar; SAFAVID EMPIRE; MUNAJJIM; MUGHAL EMPIRE; MUNAJJIM/JYOTISH; OTTOMAN EMPIRE; MUNECCIM; 3 Ceremony; SAFAVID EMPIRE; MUGHAL EMPIRE; Islamic (Lunar).

Indic (Lunisolar)Zoroastrian (Solar); Imperial Birthday Ceremony; OTTOMAN EMPIRE; 4 Chronology: Era; SAFAVID EMPIRE; Fiscal; Dating; MUGHAL EMPIRE; Fiscal; Dating; OTTOMAN EMPIRE; Fiscal; Dating; 5 Chronology: Millenarian; SAFAVID EMPIRE; MUGHAL EMPIRE; OTTOMAN EMPIRE; 6 Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index.

Stephen Blake compares the Islamic concept of time across the empires of the Safavids, Ottomans and Mughals.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 651

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