1. Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman empires; 2. Calendar; 3. Ceremony; 4. Chronology: era; 5. Chronology: millenarian.
Stephen P. Blake compares the Islamic concept of time across the empires of the Safavids, Ottomans and Mughals.
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).
'This work is … both of general human interest, as well as specific
interest with respect to the dialogue between 'Islam and the West'
today.' Amina Inloes, Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies
'… a well-written and well-organized summation of the complexities
of time management in Muslim societies, not only in the early
modern period, but throughout Islamic history. The book will prove
useful as an introduction to these issues for both advanced
undergraduate and graduate students.' John J. Curry, Middle East
Media and Book Reviews (membr.uwm.edu)
'… Blake's book is a fascinating exploration of how early modern
empire building was far more complex than the application of an
imperial ideology that hinged on a pure religious identity. Rather,
as evidenced through three distinct applications of time and
ceremony in building Islamic empires, empire building was a
recursive reconciliation of the ideology of the metropole with
local conditions and
expectations that allowed for the intersection of unique cultures in
areas of commerce and the exchange of ideas. While the ruling elite
of each of the three empires in Blake's study saw itself as the
power base of an Islamic empire, all three empires were
nevertheless the successors of the preceding cultures that they
conquered and were subsequently compelled to use localized
cosmopolitan constructions and understandings of time to ossify the
reality of their power and to secure the viability of their
empires.' H-War
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