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Author Blake, Stephen P.

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

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Description 1 online resource (225 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject Islamic calendar.
Islamic calendar.
Astronomy -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Astronomy -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Time -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Time -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Islam and science -- History.
Islam and science.
History.
Iran -- History -- Ṛafavid dynasty, 1501-1736.
Mogul Empire.
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Chronological Term 1288-1918
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Blake, Stephen P. Time in early modern Islam. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107030237 (DLC) 2012023174 (OCoLC)798110444
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