Stephen P. Blake: Time in Early Modern Islam

Cover: 9781108412803 | Time in Early Modern Islam | Stephen P. Blake | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Beschreibung

The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based on a lunar calendar and era, was complex and required sophistication and accuracy. From the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, it was the Muslim astronomers of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires who were responsible for the major advances in mathematics, astronomy and astrology. This fascinating study compares the Islamic concept of time, and its historical and cultural significance, across these three great empires. Each empire, while mindful of earlier models, created a new temporal system, fashioning a new solar calendar and era and a new round of rituals and ceremonies from the cultural resources at hand. This book contributes to our understanding of the Muslim temporal system and our appreciation of the influence of Islamic science on the Western world.

Über den Autor

Dr Stephen P. Blake is Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota and St Olaf College, Minnesota. His books include Shahjahanabad: The Sovereign City in Mughal India, 1639-1739 (Cambridge, 2002) and Half the World: The Social Architecture of Safavid Isfahan, 1590-1722 (1999).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman empires; 2. Calendar; 3. Ceremony; 4. Chronology: era; 5. Chronology: millenarian.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108412803
ISBN-10:	1108412807
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Blake, Stephen P.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Stephen P. Blake
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.08.2017
Gewicht:	0,332 kg