From the Khan to the Sultan: The Abu’l-Khairid Shāhnāma in the Topkapı Palace Library (H.1488) and Manuscript Production and Presentation under ʿAbdullah bin Iskandar Khan
This article examines the sole courtly Shāhnāma of Firdausi to be produced during the Abu’l-Khairid dynasty (commonly called Shaybanid Uzbek, in power 1500–99). It is a lavish—albeit unfinished—copy, and the discussion details the circumstances of its 1564 patronage by the powerful leader ʿAbdullah...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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Muqarnas
Año: 2023, Volumen: 40, Número: 1, Páginas: 273-314 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Safavids
B Khurasan B Tīmūr-nāma B Abu’l-Khairid (Shibanid) dynasty B ʿAbdullah bin Iskandar Khan B Diplomacy B Shāhnāma B Persian manuscripts B pīshkash (gift-giving) B Ottomans B Sultan Murad III B Transoxiana |
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| Sumario: | This article examines the sole courtly Shāhnāma of Firdausi to be produced during the Abu’l-Khairid dynasty (commonly called Shaybanid Uzbek, in power 1500–99). It is a lavish—albeit unfinished—copy, and the discussion details the circumstances of its 1564 patronage by the powerful leader ʿAbdullah bin Iskandar Khan (r. 1557–98). Situating the object in the context of Abu’l-Khairid developments in arts and politics during the second half of the sixteenth century, this analysis incorporates the concurrent production of multiple Tīmūr-nāma manuscripts by artisans in Transoxiana. It is posited that the copies of this latter title were made with the intention of conflating Timur’s military conquests with those of ʿAbdullah’s to be the righteous heir of Chinggis Khan. Departing from the 1560s, a final section dwells on the 1590s, during which ʿAbdullah had secured victory and control over the strategic Safavid province of Khurasan. Presented in Istanbul by an embassy arriving from Bukhara, ʿAbdullah’s personal Shāhnāma manuscript was given to the Ottoman sultan Murad III in 1594. This dispatch allows for an examination of the political relations and military coordination between the Ottomans and Abu’l-Khairids, the extent of which are not fully known. These exchanges can, however be gleaned from the Shāhnāma manuscript and the diplomatic circumstances of its transfer. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-8993 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Muqarnas
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22118993_0040_009 |
