Relational Iconography, Representational Culture at the Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu Courts (853 / 1449 CE to 907 / 1501 CE) /

In Relational Iconography: Representational Culture at the Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu Courts (853 / 1449 CE to 907 / 1501 CE) , Georg Leube engages with courtly representation from an iconographical perspective, tracing the intersecting agencies of courtly actors negotiating multiple normativities an...

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Main Author: Leube, Georg (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.

Series: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
Studies in Persian Cultural History ; 19.

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Call Number: NX574.A1

Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1Thematic Introduction
  • 1.2Acknowledgments
  • 1.3A Note on Transliteration, Dates, and Other Formalia
  • 2 Theoretical Approach
  • 2.1A Performative View of Courtly Representation
  • 2.2Iconography: From the Description of Pictures to the Structure of Representation
  • 2.3The Stability and Openness of Tradition
  • 2.4Relational Iconography: Deploying an Iconographical Approach to 'Turkmen' Courtly Culture
  • 3 Nexus between the Worlds: An Inductive Reconstruction of 'Turkmen' Courtly Culture
  • 3.1The Court as Topos and Representational Scene
  • 3.2Topoi of Courtly Interaction I: The Yaylāq or Summer Pasture
  • 3.3Topoi of Courtly Interaction II: The Qishlāq as an Entangled Urban Sphere
  • 4 The Dimensions of Ethnicity and Religious Affiliation in the Representational Culture of the 'Turkmen' Courts
  • 4.1The Iconography of 'Ethnicity' and 'Ethnic' Affiliation
  • 4.2The Iconography of Religious Affiliation
  • 5 Outlook and Conclusion
  • Annex 1: The Chronology of the Production of the Uppsala Manuscript of Abīwardī's Chār Takht and Anīs al-ʿĀshiqīn
  • Annex 2: The Chronology of the Production of Faḍlallāh's Tārīkh-i ʿĀlam-ārā-yi Amīnī
  • Bibliography
  • Index.