Kaveh Hemmat
Biographic Data
| ID | 4044389 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kaveh Hemmat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kaveh |
| FAMILY NAME | Hemmat |
| SIGNATURE | HEMMAT K |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Global Middle Ages, Political History, and Democracy
The alienization of Central Asia from European, Chinese, and South Asian familiarity thereafter is both a mark of our 'modernity' and the point at which a sense of an integrated ecumene was lost.-Pamela Crossley 1 Accordingly, we come to the fact that at the heart of what makes history a public discipline, what must distinguish the legitimacy of its research under public sponsorship, in contrast to mere antiquarianism, are the large-scale questio…
Utopia’s Cauldron
Besila is a paradisical setting in the Kushnameh, an early twelfth-century Persian epic that combines the ancient Iranian messianic legend of Kangdez with more recent geographical knowledge, based on travelers' reports, of China and Korea. Besila’s messianic role in the narrative, its antipodal location, and its quasi-fictional status are quintessentially utopian, and yet little is revealed about the society of Besila. The Kushnameh instead empha…
Completing the Persianate Turn
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Citations of cAttār and the Kanz al-Haqāyeq in cAli Akbar Khatāyi’s Book of China
cAli Akbar Khatāyi’s Khatāynāmeh ( Book of China ), a detailed description of state and society in Ming China written in 922/1516, includes citations from the Kanz al-Haqāyeq (attributed to Mahmud Shabestari) and cAttār’s Elāhināmeh . By citing these two texts at key points in his description of the Chinese government, Khatāyi articulates a radical political vision in which the civil officials, rather than the emperor, are the true rulers. Furthe…
Children of Cain in the Land of Error
The Khatay'namah, or Book of China, a description of Chinese government and society in the mid-Ming period, written by a Central Asian merchant and presented to the Ottoman court in 1516, is evidence that the advent of more rationalized, centralized, and bureaucratic forms of governance in Ming China played a significant role in political developments in the Islamic world. The political ideology of the Ming founder, combining bureaucratic absolut…
Completing the Persianate Turn
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Children of Cain in the Land of Error
The Khatay'namah, or Book of China, a description of Chinese government and society in the mid-Ming period, written by a Central Asian merchant and presented to the Ottoman court in 1516, is evidence that the advent of more rationalized, centralized, and bureaucratic forms of governance in Ming China played a significant role in political developments in the Islamic world. The political ideology of the Ming founder, combining bureaucratic absolut…
Citations of cAttār and the Kanz al-Haqāyeq in cAli Akbar Khatāyi’s Book of China
cAli Akbar Khatāyi’s Khatāynāmeh ( Book of China ), a detailed description of state and society in Ming China written in 922/1516, includes citations from the Kanz al-Haqāyeq (attributed to Mahmud Shabestari) and cAttār’s Elāhināmeh . By citing these two texts at key points in his description of the Chinese government, Khatāyi articulates a radical political vision in which the civil officials, rather than the emperor, are the true rulers. Furthe…
Children of Cain in the Land of Error
The Khatay'namah, or Book of China, a description of Chinese government and society in the mid-Ming period, written by a Central Asian merchant and presented to the Ottoman court in 1516, is evidence that the advent of more rationalized, centralized, and bureaucratic forms of governance in Ming China played a significant role in political developments in the Islamic world. The political ideology of the Ming founder, combining bureaucratic absolut…
Citations of cAttār and the Kanz al-Haqāyeq in cAli Akbar Khatāyi’s Book of China
cAli Akbar Khatāyi’s Khatāynāmeh ( Book of China ), a detailed description of state and society in Ming China written in 922/1516, includes citations from the Kanz al-Haqāyeq (attributed to Mahmud Shabestari) and cAttār’s Elāhināmeh . By citing these two texts at key points in his description of the Chinese government, Khatāyi articulates a radical political vision in which the civil officials, rather than the emperor, are the true rulers. Furthe…
Completing the Persianate Turn
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Utopia’s Cauldron
Besila is a paradisical setting in the Kushnameh, an early twelfth-century Persian epic that combines the ancient Iranian messianic legend of Kangdez with more recent geographical knowledge, based on travelers' reports, of China and Korea. Besila’s messianic role in the narrative, its antipodal location, and its quasi-fictional status are quintessentially utopian, and yet little is revealed about the society of Besila. The Kushnameh instead empha…
Global Middle Ages, Political History, and Democracy
The alienization of Central Asia from European, Chinese, and South Asian familiarity thereafter is both a mark of our 'modernity' and the point at which a sense of an integrated ecumene was lost.-Pamela Crossley 1 Accordingly, we come to the fact that at the heart of what makes history a public discipline, what must distinguish the legitimacy of its research under public sponsorship, in contrast to mere antiquarianism, are the large-scale questio…
History (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Islamic Studies and History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Asian Studies and History (2 works)