1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453834203321

Autore

Subtelny Maria

Titolo

Timurids in transition [[electronic resource] ] : Turko-Persian politics and acculturation in medieval Iran / / by Maria E. Subtelny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92169-6

9786611921699

90-474-2160-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (438 p.)

Collana

Brill's Inner Asian library, , 1574-7085 ; ; v. 19

Disciplina

955.02

Soggetti

Timurids - History

Electronic books.

Iran History 640-1500

Iran Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material / M.E. Subtelny -- Chapter One. The routinization of charisma: The Timurid patrimonial household state / M.E. Subtelny -- Chapter Two. From political vagabond to potentate: The career of Sultan-Husain Bayqara / M.E. Subtelny -- Chapter Three. The challenge of change: Centralizing reforms and their opponents / M.E. Subtelny -- Chapter Four. The search for long-term solutions: Khorasan and the agricultural imperative / M.E. Subtelny -- Chapter Five. Piety and pragmatism: The role of the islamic endowment / M.E. Subtelny -- Chapter Six. Of saints and scribes: The Timurid shrine as a vehicle for agromanagement / M.E. Subtelny -- Conclusion / M.E. Subtelny -- Appendix One. Survey of endowment deeds from the Timurid period / M.E. Subtelny -- Appendix Two. A Timurid deed of endowment: The Vaqfiyya of Afaq Begim, wife of Sultan-Husain Bayqara, for her mausoleum in Herat / M.E. Subtelny -- Appendix Three. An edict of Sultan-Abu Sa’Id concerning the Gulistan Dam at Mashhad / M.E. Subtelny -- Appendix Four. A diploma of appointment issued by Sultan-Husain for the supervisor of the ‘Alid shrine development project at Balkh / M.E. Subtelny -- Appendix Five. Bills of purchase and



sale relating to the privatization of state land in the Balkh region by Sultan-Husain / M.E. Subtelny -- Bibliography / M.E. Subtelny -- Index / M.E. Subtelny.

Sommario/riassunto

How did the the descendants of Tamerlane, collectively known as the Timurids, make the transition from a nomadic empire to a sedentary polity based on the Perso-Islamic model , and what effect did the process of transition have on their Turko-Mongolian customs and identity? This volume seeks to answer these questions by utilizing the Weberian concepts of the “routinization” of charismatic authority and the patrimonial household state. Focusing on the period of the last Timurid ruler, Sulṭān-Ḥusain Bayqara (1469–1506), the author examines the impact of the introduction of Persian modes of bureaucratic administration on the evolution of Timurid government and describes the development of the agrarian economy of the eastern Iranian province of Khorasan through the Islamic institution of the pious endowment. Based on an exceptionally broad range of sources in Persian, Arabic, and Turkic languages, the book provides a new paradigm for understanding the Timurids within the framework of post-Mongol history and offers fresh insights into Turko-Persian relations and the problem of acculturation in medieval Iran.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466808503316

Titolo

Galaxies in the Young Universe [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee Germany, 22–28 September 1994. / / edited by Hans Hippelein, Klaus Meisenheimer, Hermann-Josef Röser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1995

ISBN

3-540-47800-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 1995.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 317 p. 34 illus., 4 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 463

Disciplina

523.1/12

Soggetti

Observations, Astronomical

Astronomy—Observations

Astrophysics

Geophysics

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Geophysics/Geodesy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

The hot big bang and beyond -- Cosmological structure formation in hot and cold dark matter scenarios -- Observations and cosmological models -- Fluctuation spectra and high-redshift objects -- Galaxies at high redshift: 1994 -- High-redshift Milli-Jansky radio galaxies -- Spectroscopy and imaging of a forming galaxy causing damped ly ? absorption at z=2.81 -- Ly ? absorption in 4C 41.17 -- The revolution in studies of distant radio galaxies -- Detection of 10h ?1 Mpc quasar/absorber correlation at high redshift -- Large-scale structure at z?2.5 -- Spectroscopy of 600 faint field galaxies at CFHT: luminosity function to z=1 and properties of blue emission-line galaxies at z.

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding the formation and evolution of early galaxies is one of the most challenging problems in modern astronomy. In this volume leading specialists describe observations of high and intermediate redshift galaxies as well as the deep survey activities. Further topics



include cosmology, and modelling and computer simulations of galaxy formation. Thus the reader will find here a fairly complete picture of the state of the art in this active field of astrophysics research.