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Imperial Culture in the Ottoman and Safavid Empires

Imperial Culture in the Ottoman and Safavid Empires. HIST 113: Islamic Civilization Prof. Gustafson. Hagia Sophia. Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture. Interior of the Dome atop Hagia Sohia. Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture. Hagia Sophia.

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Imperial Culture in the Ottoman and Safavid Empires

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  1. Imperial Culture in the Ottoman and Safavid Empires HIST 113: Islamic Civilization Prof. Gustafson

  2. Hagia Sophia Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

  3. Interior of the Dome atop Hagia Sohia Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

  4. Hagia Sophia

  5. Blue Mosque

  6. Sulaymaniyya Complex Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

  7. Sehzadeh Complex, Istanbul Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

  8. Bayezid Mosque (16th century)

  9. Source: Lewis, Islam and the Arab World

  10. Expansion of the Ottoman Empire Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

  11. Shah ‘Abbas Fighting the Uzbeks, fresco, 16th century Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

  12. Safavid Polities • Qizilbash: “red heads;” Turkic tribal military supporters • described as ghulat“extremists” • Tajiks: urban, Persian speaking literate classes • Support Persian high culture, pre-Islamic kingship tradition

  13. Maydan-i Shah, Isfahan

  14. Scene from the Houghton Shahnama Source: Welch, Persian Painting

  15. Scene from the Houghton Shahnama Source: Grabar, Mostly Miniatures

  16. Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

  17. Shah ʿAbbas and the Image of the Just Ruler What ideas of legitimate kingship and justice are presented in the story of Shah ʿAbbas’ foot pilgrimage to the shrine of a Shi’i Imam in Mashhad? How do these ideas compare to what we read in other political texts, like the Siyasatnamehof Nizam al-Mulk, or al-Mawardi’s treatise on the caliphate? How does our Safavid chronicler from the early 1600s describe Shah Ismaʿil when looking back on his legacy? In particular, how does he interpret the Ottoman victory over the Safavids at the Battle of Chaldiran (the last paragraph on page 71, continuing to page 72)? Why?

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