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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover the latest Architecture news and projects on Safavid at ArchDaily, the world's largest architecture website. Stay up-to-date with articles and updates on the newest developments in ...

TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) -- The Chelsea Carpet, an Iranian carpet dating back to the Safavid era, is on permanent display in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The carpet is 3.6x5.4 meters in size ...

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 restoration project on a Safavid era (1501-1736) watermill in the central province of Yazd has come to an end, a local tourism chief has said. The project involved repairing parts of the mill ...

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 ...