Sholeh A Quinn
Biographic Data
| ID | 3662472 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sholeh A Quinn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sholeh A |
| FAMILY NAME | Quinn |
| SIGNATURE | QUINN S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Merced |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Shah Isma‘il in Late Safavid Historiography
The mi'rāj in Select Shaykhī, Bābī, and Bahā'ī Texts
The mi'raj, or ascension of the Prophet Muhammad to heaven, has received a great deal of attention on the part of Islamic scholars and writers, who expanded upon a short Qur'anic passage and communicated their understanding of this episode. Nineteenth century religious leaders associated with the the Shaykhī, Bābī, and Bahā'ī movements continued the practice of commenting on the mi'rāj. Rather than communicating fixed ideas about the meaning of t…
Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran * By Beatrice Forbes Manz
Beatrice Forbes Manz’s Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran makes an outstanding contribution to our knowledge of the complex political and religious landscape during the reign of Timur’s son and successor, Shahrukh (r. 1409–47). Manz chooses to focus on the reign of Shahrukh in order to answer two central questions, the first, ‘how a government retained power and fulfilled its function without a monopoly of force’, and the second, ‘how s…
The Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs
How Muslims in past centuries dreamed about, attempted to actualize, andconceived the apocalyptic and messianic events of the End Times cannot beignored in any comprehensive approach to the study of Islam. This volumeconsists of an English translation of one important source that contributes toour understanding of nineteenth-century Islamic messianic movements:Mirza Habib Allah Afnan’s (1875-1971) history of the Babi and Baha’i religionsin Shiraz…
Through the Looking Glass
During the reigns of the Safavid Shah ‘Abbās I and the Mughal Emperor Akbar, two chroniclers, one from each dynasty, included in their texts lists of “kingly virtues.” This paper explores the possible historiographical precedents for this section in the chronicles, and places particular emphasis on the “mirrors for princes” literature. The paper concludes with a suggestion that reading the narrative portions of the chronicles in light of the mirr…
The Timurid Historiographical Legacy
Historical Writing during the Reign of Shah ʿAbbas
The New Cambridge History of Islam
This volume traces the second great expansion of the Islamic world eastwards from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. As the faith crossed cultural boundaries, the trader and the mystic became as important as the soldier and the administrator. Distinctive Islamic idioms began to emerge from other great linguistic traditions apart from Arabic, especially in Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Swahili, Malay and Chinese. The Islamic world transformed and a…
Notes on Timurid Legitimacy in Three Safavid Chronicles
In his Study on Afsharid Historiography, Ernest Tucker has Shown that Nadir Shah's chroniclers depicted him as the restorer of the Safavid dynasty, and appealed to notions of Safavid legitimacy in their histories. One chronicler, Muhammad Kazim Marvi, accomplished this partly by relating how Nadir Shah found a tablet (lawḥ) upon which Timur had inscribed instructions for Nadir Shah. Although Marvi was predominantly appealing to Safavid legitimacy…
The Dreams of Shaykh Safi al-Din and Safavid Historical Writing
In their narratives of the rise of the Safavid dynasty, many Safavid chroniclers include accounts of either one or two dreams of Shaykh Safi al-Din (1253-1334), founder of the Safavid order. A historiographical reading of the various renditions of the dreams serves several important purposes: it gives insight into the historical methodology of the Safavid chroniclers, it indicates changing religious perspectives in Safavid Iran, and it demonstrat…
The Dreams of Shaykh Safi al-Din and Safavid Historical Writing
In their narratives of the rise of the Safavid dynasty, many Safavid chroniclers include accounts of either one or two dreams of Shaykh Safi al-Din (1253-1334), founder of the Safavid order. A historiographical reading of the various renditions of the dreams serves several important purposes: it gives insight into the historical methodology of the Safavid chroniclers, it indicates changing religious perspectives in Safavid Iran, and it demonstrat…
Notes on Timurid Legitimacy in Three Safavid Chronicles
In his Study on Afsharid Historiography, Ernest Tucker has Shown that Nadir Shah's chroniclers depicted him as the restorer of the Safavid dynasty, and appealed to notions of Safavid legitimacy in their histories. One chronicler, Muhammad Kazim Marvi, accomplished this partly by relating how Nadir Shah found a tablet (lawḥ) upon which Timur had inscribed instructions for Nadir Shah. Although Marvi was predominantly appealing to Safavid legitimacy…
The Dreams of Shaykh Safi al-Din and Safavid Historical Writing
In their narratives of the rise of the Safavid dynasty, many Safavid chroniclers include accounts of either one or two dreams of Shaykh Safi al-Din (1253-1334), founder of the Safavid order. A historiographical reading of the various renditions of the dreams serves several important purposes: it gives insight into the historical methodology of the Safavid chroniclers, it indicates changing religious perspectives in Safavid Iran, and it demonstrat…
Notes on Timurid Legitimacy in Three Safavid Chronicles
In his Study on Afsharid Historiography, Ernest Tucker has Shown that Nadir Shah's chroniclers depicted him as the restorer of the Safavid dynasty, and appealed to notions of Safavid legitimacy in their histories. One chronicler, Muhammad Kazim Marvi, accomplished this partly by relating how Nadir Shah found a tablet (lawḥ) upon which Timur had inscribed instructions for Nadir Shah. Although Marvi was predominantly appealing to Safavid legitimacy…
The New Cambridge History of Islam
This volume traces the second great expansion of the Islamic world eastwards from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. As the faith crossed cultural boundaries, the trader and the mystic became as important as the soldier and the administrator. Distinctive Islamic idioms began to emerge from other great linguistic traditions apart from Arabic, especially in Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Swahili, Malay and Chinese. The Islamic world transformed and a…
Historical Writing during the Reign of Shah ʿAbbas
The Timurid Historiographical Legacy
Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran * By Beatrice Forbes Manz
Beatrice Forbes Manz’s Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran makes an outstanding contribution to our knowledge of the complex political and religious landscape during the reign of Timur’s son and successor, Shahrukh (r. 1409–47). Manz chooses to focus on the reign of Shahrukh in order to answer two central questions, the first, ‘how a government retained power and fulfilled its function without a monopoly of force’, and the second, ‘how s…
The Genesis of the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs
How Muslims in past centuries dreamed about, attempted to actualize, andconceived the apocalyptic and messianic events of the End Times cannot beignored in any comprehensive approach to the study of Islam. This volumeconsists of an English translation of one important source that contributes toour understanding of nineteenth-century Islamic messianic movements:Mirza Habib Allah Afnan’s (1875-1971) history of the Babi and Baha’i religionsin Shiraz…
Through the Looking Glass
During the reigns of the Safavid Shah ‘Abbās I and the Mughal Emperor Akbar, two chroniclers, one from each dynasty, included in their texts lists of “kingly virtues.” This paper explores the possible historiographical precedents for this section in the chronicles, and places particular emphasis on the “mirrors for princes” literature. The paper concludes with a suggestion that reading the narrative portions of the chronicles in light of the mirr…
The mi'rāj in Select Shaykhī, Bābī, and Bahā'ī Texts
The mi'raj, or ascension of the Prophet Muhammad to heaven, has received a great deal of attention on the part of Islamic scholars and writers, who expanded upon a short Qur'anic passage and communicated their understanding of this episode. Nineteenth century religious leaders associated with the the Shaykhī, Bābī, and Bahā'ī movements continued the practice of commenting on the mi'rāj. Rather than communicating fixed ideas about the meaning of t…
Shah Isma‘il in Late Safavid Historiography
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