Sheila S. Blair
- GONBAD-E QĀBUS iii. Monument
Gonbad-e Qābus is a tall tower that marks the grave of the Ziyarid ruler Qābus b. Vošmgir (r. 978-1012). It…
- ĀMOL
ĀMOL, a town on the Caspian shore, situated in 36° 25’ north latitude and 52° 35’ east longitude in the…
- ASTARĀBĀD
ASTARĀBĀD (or ESTERĀBĀD), the older Islamic name for the modern town of Gorgān in northeastern Iran, and also the name…
- BĀBOL ii. Islamic Monuments
BĀBOL ii. Islamic Monuments Once the largest town in Māzandarān, Bābol was undoubtedly the site of numerous monuments. In the…
- DOORS AND DOOR FRAMES
DOORS AND DOOR FRAMES (dar o sardar), in Persian architecture major foci of decoration, varying in size and elaboration with…
- GEREH-SĀZĪ i. WOODWORK
i. WOODWORK Gereh-sāzī refers to two related techniques of woodworking: either a lattice frame, which could be left plain or…
- JĀMEʿ AL-TAWĀRIḴ
JĀMEʿ AL-TAWĀRIḴ i. The work JĀMEʿ AL-TAWĀRIḴ (The Compendium of chronicles), the historical work composed in the period 1300-10 by…
- RABʿ-E RAŠIDI
RABʿ-E RAŠIDI (ربع رشیدی), the charitable foundation (abwāb al-berr) established by the physician, vizier, and historian Rašid-al-Din Fażl-Allāh (ca. 1247-1318)…
- EPIGRAPHY iii. Arabic inscriptions in Persia
EPIGRAPHY iii. Arabic inscriptions in Persia In Persia, as in the rest of the Islamic lands, Arabic was the basic…
- FARĪD KĀTEB
FARĪD KĀTEB, scribe active in Shiraz in the 10th/16th century. He is known exclusively through signed works. The most famous…
- EZĪRĀN
EZĪRĀN, a village 32 km. southeast of Isfahan on the south bank of the river Zāyandarūd. The major surviving monument…
- ʿENĀYAT-ALLĀH
ʿENĀYAT-ALLĀH, Timurid builder or tile maker of the 15th century. He reportedly built or decorated the dome of the Qobba-ye…
- EBRĀHĪM B. ʿOṮMĀN
EBRĀHĪM B. ʿOṮMĀN B. ʿANKAWAYH ḤADDĀD, Persian metalworker named in the inscription in Kufic script on the copper door knockers…
- EBRĀHĪM B. ESMĀʿĪL
EBRĀHĪM B. ESMĀʿĪL, Safavid architect mentioned on two tiles: one in the dome of the tomb of Shaikh ʿAbd-al-Ṣamad at…
- EBN BĀBAWAYH (1)
EBN BĀBAWAYH (Bābūya), family of Persian builders, luster potters, and tile makers, descended from the Shiʿite scholar Ebn Bābūya al-Ṣadūq…
- DĀMḠĀNĪ (2)
DĀMḠĀNĪ, nesba of a father and two sons from Dāmḡān who worked as engineers, builders, and stucco carvers in the…
- IL-KHANIDS ii. Architecture
IL-KHANIDS ii. ARCHITECTURE The architecture produced during the period of Il-khanid rule in Persia and Iraq is notable for its…
- GAČ-BORĪ
GAČ-BORĪ, plasterwork or stucco. Gypsum plaster has been used as a building material in Persia for more than 2,500 years….
- FORGERIES iii. OF ISLAMIC ART
FORGERIES iii. OF ISLAMIC ART Medieval Arabic and Persian literature contain numerous anecdotes about the forging of manuscripts, but it…
- JĀMEʿ al-TAWĀRIḴ ii. Illustrations
JĀMEʿ al-TAWĀRIḴ ii. ILLUSTRATIONS Just as the text of Rašid-al-Din Fażl-Allāh’s Jāmeʿ al-tawāriḵ can be regarded as groundbreaking historically, so…