https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2
Page 14 of 31
The style and layout of the Shahnama Paintings reminded me of art from the Heian period in Japan. More specifically the Tales of Genji scrolls. The hieratic nature of the Shahnama paintings and the adventurous nature of the stories are similar to that of the Tales. However, there are obvious differences. For example, the figures in the Shahnama paintings are more static than the ones in the Tales of Genji and they are a lot more vibrant as well. I thought that finding similarities between the two was very interesting. Here is a link if you want to learn more about the Genji Scrolls: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sac-asianarthistory/chapter/heian-and-kamakura-periods/
The tensions from the Kizilbash – and now Alevi – population in Turkey are still relevant. Erdogan, perhaps serving in some way as a modern-day Sultan, is seemingly exercising a revived interest in state adherence to Sunni orthodoxy.
Perhaps this relates to tensions with the Shi’i Iranians, filling in the role of the modern day Safavids?
I found this while reading the WSJ and thought it was very similar to our falsafa lectures
My Classics professor sent me a link to a Zoom conference on archaeology and the speaker (A. Asa Eger) was talking about the physical border between the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic Empire. He talked about literary sources on the retreat of the Byzantines from Syria (and why it was important in the Islamic world) and then the geographical features separating Byzantine-held Anatolia from Arab-held Syria. I couldn’t find a recording of the webinar, but I found the speaker published a book that seems to have a lot of the same material: