James W Allan

Biographic Data

ID3830614
NAMEJames W Allan
GIVEN NAMESJames W
FAMILY NAMEAllan
SIGNATUREALLAN J W
AFFILIATIONSMuseum of the History of Science
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS21
TOTAL CITATIONS50
AUTHOR COUNT21
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1970
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Precious Materials

    Open AccessJames Allan, James W AllanARTICLEJournal of Islamic Studies2026

  • The ashmolean inter-faith exhibition service

    James W AllanARTICLEMaterial Religion2006

    (2006). The ashmolean inter-faith exhibition service. Material Religion: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 251-251

  • The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art; Arabic papyri and selected material from the Khalili Collection, Studies in the Khalili Collection I

    James W AllanARTICLEJournal of the History of…1998

  • Silver Door Facings of the Safavid Period

    James W AllanARTICLEIran1995

    L'auteur souhaite, grâce a cet article, contribuer a l'etude de l'art sefevide, quelque peu delaisse selon lui, en apportant un certain nombre de temoignages litteraires et materiels sur les portes d'argent d'Ardabil et d'Ispahan

  • The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art

    James W AllanARTICLEJournal of the History of…1994

    The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art Get access General ed. Julian Raby . Oxford , Oxford University Press , 1992 . Vols. I-III and XXI, Price £125 per vol. J. W. Allan J. W. Allan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the History of Collections, Volume 6, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 117–119, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhc/6.1.117 Published: 01 June 1994

  • A Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture

    Klaus Brisch, James W AllanREVIEWOriens1992

  • Metalwork of the Turcoman Dynasties of Eastern Anatolia and Iran

    James W AllanARTICLEIran1991Cited by: 1

  • New Additions to the New Edition

    James W AllanARTICLEMuqarnas Online1990

    In 1958 Creswell's Short Account of Early Muslim Architecture first appeared in print. Almost exactly thirty years later, in 1989, the revised and expanded edition was published by Scolar Press.' The primary aim of the new edition was that it should be as comprehensive as possible. Naturally it could not include all the information that the great tomes contained, nor one-tenth of the plates. It did seem appropriate, however, to try and give brief…

  • Mamluk Jerusalem

    Open AccessJames W AllanARTICLEMiddle East Studies Association…1987

    Mamluk Jerusalem: An Architectural Study, by M. H. Burgoyne and D. S. Richards. 623 pages, many plates (32 in color), line drawings. For the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem; the World of Islam Festival Trust, London1987. - Volume 21 Issue 2

  • Islamic Metalwork

    Carol Bier, Carol Manson Bier et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Research…1985Cited by: 3

    The Nuhad Es-Said Collection of Islamic metalwork is one of the finest in private hands. It contains examples of inlaid bronzes and brasses from 6th/12th and 7th/13th Herat and 7th/13th century Mosul, from Ayvubid Syria, Saljuk Anatolia, the Mamluk empire and the Dehli sultanate, and from Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Iran. Inlaid with gold, silver and copper, and bearing planetary and astrological figures, mystical symbols, and effusive dedicat…

  • Sha'ban, Barquq, and the Decline of the Mamluk Metalworking Industry

    James W AllanARTICLEMuqarnas Online1984

  • Islamic Metalwork

    Linda Komaroff, James W AllanARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1983

  • The Meeting of Two Worlds

    Open AccessJames W AllanARTICLEMiddle East Studies Association…1982

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  • Notes sur la terminologie de la Metallurgie et des Armes dans l'Iran musulman

    Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvâni, James W AllanARTICLEJournal of the Economic and…1981

    A. S. Melikian-Chirvani, Notes sur la terminologie de la Metallurgie et des Armes dans l'Iran musulman, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Oct., 1981), pp. 310-316

  • Persian Metal Technology 700-1300 A. D

    Pieter Meyers, James W AllanARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1981

  • The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The Islamic collection

    James W AllanARTICLEBritish Society for Middle…1978

  • From Tabrīz to Siirt

    James W AllanARTICLEIran1978

  • Originality in Bronze

    James W AllanARTICLEIran1977

  • Abū'l-Qāsim's Treatise on Ceramics

    James W AllanARTICLEIran1973Cited by: 39

  • The History of So‐called Egyptian Faience in Islamic Persia

    Open AccessJames W Allan, L R LLEWELLYN et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry1973Cited by: 7References: 6

    S The glazes and bodies of fifteen Persian ceramic objects datable to c. A.D. 1300 were analysed by X‐ray fluorescent and optical emission spectroscopyin order to test the veracity of parts of Abū'l‐Qāsim's treatise on pottery manufacture. The results showed that the bodies of these pots were closely akin to so‐called Egyptian faience, and it is suggested on the basis of textual evidence that this body was used in Persia before the Seljuq period …

  • Mamlūk sultanic heraldry and the numismatic evidence

    Open AccessJames W AllanARTICLEJournal of the Royal Asiatic…1970

    A few years ago Professor Balog, in the introduction to his book Coinage of the Mamlūk sultans of Egypt and Syria , suggested, on the basis of the numismatic evidence, a number of modifications to the principles of Mamlūk heraldry proposed earlier by Mayer in his book Saracenic heraldry , particularly with regard to the use of composite blazons by the sultans, and their design. Balog's main conclusions may be briefly summarized as follows: ( a ) …