The Safavid dynasty (defined by the Sackler as 1501-1722), which takes its name from the Safavid order of Sufism, saw a flowering of art, culture and architecture, particularly under its most ...

In “Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles From the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (comprising the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M ...

Shaykh Baha’i (d. 1621), the celebrated Baalbeki jurist, philosopher and mathematician, was one of the leading architects of the new Safavid capital of Isfahan. He is also acclaimed in contemporary ...

As long as Khamenei breathes, peace will never return to the Middle East or the world. Any mercy shown to him is a betrayal of humanity. Opinion.

The Safavid Dynasty, a Golden Age in Iran, witnessed a cultural flowering under the charismatic Isma'il and and his son Tahmasp, the first two Shahs of the dynasty. This essay is a short history of ...

The exhibition 'Fashioning an Empire: Textiles from Safavid Iran' has opened at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) and will be on view in MIA's Sheikh Saoud Gallery until April 20, 2024, highlighting ...

Watch Anthony Slayter-Ralph's appraisal of a Safavid ceramic bowl, ca. 1700, in Body of Work. Aired: 05/13/13 Rating: TV-G Buy Now: Buy on iTunes Buy on Amazon; Share: Share this video on ...

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This new temporal system, based on a lunar calendar and era, was complex and required sophistication and accuracy. From the ninth to the sixteenth century, it was the Muslim astronomers of the Ottoman ...

TEHRAN—A Safavid-era (1501-1736) Alam (literally meaning processional standard), which is considered the oldest of its kind in Iran, will go on display in an exhibition at the UNESCO-registered ...

Pol-e Safavi, also known as the Safavid Bridge and locally referred to as “Pol-e Gap” (meaning “the Big Bridge”), will be closed to vehicular traffic and transformed into a pedestrian passage. The ...