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Marianna Shreve Simpson

Author of Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts

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Sultan Ibrahim Mirza's Haft awrang : a princely manuscript from sixteenth-century Iran by Marianna Shreve Simpson
In 1556 Prince Sultan Ibrahim Mizra commissioned a copy of the Persian classic the "Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones) of Abdul-Rahman Jami." This text explores the production, purpose, and meaning of the work, providing historical documentation about its patron and analyzing its contents.
Sep 26, 2005
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Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts by Linda Komaroff
An adventure into the courts of the past, rich in illumimations, intricate in the art of another world
May 6, 2018

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