Jennifer M Scarce
Biographic Data
| ID | 5824347 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer M Scarce |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer M |
| FAMILY NAME | Scarce |
| SIGNATURE | SCARCE J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dundee |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Isabella Bird Bishop (1831–1904) and Her Travels in Persia and Kurdistan in 1890
Isabella Bird Bishop was one of the remarkable Victorian women who traveled independently in both Persia and the neighboring countries of the Ottoman Empire. She came to Persia as a very experienced and respected travel writer who had journeyed alone and adventurously in the Americas, Australia, Japan and Malaya. Her travels in Persia in 1890 were possibly the hardest and most challenging of her life. She meticulously observed, recorded and final…
Entertainments East and West—Three Encounters between Iranians and Europeans during the Qajar Period (1786–1925)
The establishment of Qajar rule by Agha Muhammad Khan in 1786 initiated a period of relative stability in Iran which lasted through the nineteenth century to 1925. His two most important successors, Fath ‘Ali Shah (1797–1834) and Nasir al-Din Shah (1848–1896), during their long reigns, saw the stabilization of Iran's borders to their present limits and maintained a cautious balance in domestic policy with the religious, administrative, and commer…
Islamic architecture after 1250 [Ottomans, Safavids, Timurids, and other rulers]
Islamic art: Textiles
The Architecture and Decoration of the Gulistan Palace: The Aims and Achievements of Fath c Ali Shah (1797-1834) and Nasir al-din Shah (1848-1896)
“To a stranger, possibly also to a native, the most interesting portion of Teheran is the great quadrilateral, containing the Ark or Citadel, and occupying a space of probably nearly a quarter of a mile square on the southern side of the Tup Meidan. Since the demolition of the old town there is nothing in the appearance of this enclosure to identify it with a citadel in the ordinary acceptation of the term; for, although it is surrounded by mud w…
A: Reviews: general
THE CITADEL OF CAIRO: A NEW INTERPRETATION OF ROYAL MAMLUK ARCHITECTURE. By Nasser O. Rabbat. Leiden, New York and Köln, E.J. Brill, 1995. 339 pp., 32 Plates, 48 figs. THE MAMLUKS IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY. Edited by Thomas Philipp and Ulrich Haarmann. Cambridge, Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization, Cambridge University Press, 1998. xiv + 306 pp., illustrations, L35.00/$59.95. THE OTTOMAN TURKS: AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY. By Justin McC…
A: Reviews: General
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HADITH. By John Burton. (Islamic Surveys.) Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1994. 210 pp. £39.95 (hb); £16.95 (pb). POLITICS, GENDER, AND THE ISLAMIC PAST: THE LEGACY OF ‘A'ISHA BINT ABI BAKR. By D. A. Spellberg. New York, Columbia University Press, 1995. 250 pp. $35.00. MEDIEVAL ISMA'ILI HISTORY AND THOUGHT. Edited by Farhad Daftary. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996. 331 pp. £40.00 THE THRONE CARRIER OF GO…
C. Reviews and notes: Bibliographies and works of reference
FIHRIS AL‐KHIZANAH AL‐'ILMIYYA AL‐SUBAYHIYYA BI‐SALA. CATALOG OF SUBAIHEYYA LIBRARY IN SALA. By MUHAMMAD HAJJI. Kuwait, MaTiad al‐Makhtūtat al‐'Arabiyya (Institute of Arab Manuscripts), 1985.722pp., illus. i. FIHRIS MAKHTÜTAT MAKTABAT KÜPRILI. CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE KÖPRÜLÜ LIBRARY. Prepared by RAMAZAN SESEN, CEVAT İZGİ, CEMIL AKPINAR. Istanbul, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture, 1406/1986. 3 vols. 609, 34; 647; 639,22…
B. Reviews: General
CANADA AND THE ARAB WORLD. Edited by Tareq Y. Ismael. Edmonton, Alberta, University of Alberta Press, 1985. 206pp. £15.75. TOWARDS AN INTEREST FREE ISLAMIC ECONOMIC SYSTEM. By Waqar Masood Khan. Leicester, The Islamic Foundation, 1985. 126pp. THE UNMAKING OF PALESTINE. By W.F.Abboushi. Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Menas Press, 1985. xi, 250 pp., 5 maps. $21.50. THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANISATION: PEOPLE, POWER AND POLITICS. By Helena Cobban. Londo…
The sultanate of Oman: International symposium on the traditional music of Oman
(1986). The sultanate of Oman: international symposium on the traditional music of Oman. British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Bulletin: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 51-54
A. Reviews: General
i. The Arab Economy: Past Performance and Future Prospects. by Yusif A.Sayigh. Oxford University Press, 1982. pp. 175. ii. The Arab Predicament: Arab Politics and Practice since 1967. By Fouad Ajami. Cambridge University Press, 1982. pp. 220. £4.95 (paperback of hardback edn., 1981). iii. The Arabic Documents in the Archives of the British Political Agency Kuwait, 1904–1949 (IOR: R/15/5) ([ British Academy]Oriental Documents V). By Julia Ashtiany…
Persian art through the eyes of nineteenth‐century British travellers
A Problem Piece of Kashmiri Metalwork
Isabella Bird Bishop (1831–1904) and Her Travels in Persia and Kurdistan in 1890
Isabella Bird Bishop was one of the remarkable Victorian women who traveled independently in both Persia and the neighboring countries of the Ottoman Empire. She came to Persia as a very experienced and respected travel writer who had journeyed alone and adventurously in the Americas, Australia, Japan and Malaya. Her travels in Persia in 1890 were possibly the hardest and most challenging of her life. She meticulously observed, recorded and final…
The Architecture and Decoration of the Gulistan Palace: The Aims and Achievements of Fath c Ali Shah (1797-1834) and Nasir al-din Shah (1848-1896)
“To a stranger, possibly also to a native, the most interesting portion of Teheran is the great quadrilateral, containing the Ark or Citadel, and occupying a space of probably nearly a quarter of a mile square on the southern side of the Tup Meidan. Since the demolition of the old town there is nothing in the appearance of this enclosure to identify it with a citadel in the ordinary acceptation of the term; for, although it is surrounded by mud w…
Entertainments East and West—Three Encounters between Iranians and Europeans during the Qajar Period (1786–1925)
The establishment of Qajar rule by Agha Muhammad Khan in 1786 initiated a period of relative stability in Iran which lasted through the nineteenth century to 1925. His two most important successors, Fath ‘Ali Shah (1797–1834) and Nasir al-Din Shah (1848–1896), during their long reigns, saw the stabilization of Iran's borders to their present limits and maintained a cautious balance in domestic policy with the religious, administrative, and commer…
A Problem Piece of Kashmiri Metalwork
Persian art through the eyes of nineteenth‐century British travellers
A. Reviews: General
i. The Arab Economy: Past Performance and Future Prospects. by Yusif A.Sayigh. Oxford University Press, 1982. pp. 175. ii. The Arab Predicament: Arab Politics and Practice since 1967. By Fouad Ajami. Cambridge University Press, 1982. pp. 220. £4.95 (paperback of hardback edn., 1981). iii. The Arabic Documents in the Archives of the British Political Agency Kuwait, 1904–1949 (IOR: R/15/5) ([ British Academy]Oriental Documents V). By Julia Ashtiany…
B. Reviews: General
CANADA AND THE ARAB WORLD. Edited by Tareq Y. Ismael. Edmonton, Alberta, University of Alberta Press, 1985. 206pp. £15.75. TOWARDS AN INTEREST FREE ISLAMIC ECONOMIC SYSTEM. By Waqar Masood Khan. Leicester, The Islamic Foundation, 1985. 126pp. THE UNMAKING OF PALESTINE. By W.F.Abboushi. Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, Menas Press, 1985. xi, 250 pp., 5 maps. $21.50. THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANISATION: PEOPLE, POWER AND POLITICS. By Helena Cobban. Londo…
The sultanate of Oman: International symposium on the traditional music of Oman
(1986). The sultanate of Oman: international symposium on the traditional music of Oman. British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. Bulletin: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 51-54
C. Reviews and notes: Bibliographies and works of reference
FIHRIS AL‐KHIZANAH AL‐'ILMIYYA AL‐SUBAYHIYYA BI‐SALA. CATALOG OF SUBAIHEYYA LIBRARY IN SALA. By MUHAMMAD HAJJI. Kuwait, MaTiad al‐Makhtūtat al‐'Arabiyya (Institute of Arab Manuscripts), 1985.722pp., illus. i. FIHRIS MAKHTÜTAT MAKTABAT KÜPRILI. CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE KÖPRÜLÜ LIBRARY. Prepared by RAMAZAN SESEN, CEVAT İZGİ, CEMIL AKPINAR. Istanbul, Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture, 1406/1986. 3 vols. 609, 34; 647; 639,22…
A: Reviews: General
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HADITH. By John Burton. (Islamic Surveys.) Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1994. 210 pp. £39.95 (hb); £16.95 (pb). POLITICS, GENDER, AND THE ISLAMIC PAST: THE LEGACY OF ‘A'ISHA BINT ABI BAKR. By D. A. Spellberg. New York, Columbia University Press, 1995. 250 pp. $35.00. MEDIEVAL ISMA'ILI HISTORY AND THOUGHT. Edited by Farhad Daftary. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996. 331 pp. £40.00 THE THRONE CARRIER OF GO…
A: Reviews: general
THE CITADEL OF CAIRO: A NEW INTERPRETATION OF ROYAL MAMLUK ARCHITECTURE. By Nasser O. Rabbat. Leiden, New York and Köln, E.J. Brill, 1995. 339 pp., 32 Plates, 48 figs. THE MAMLUKS IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY. Edited by Thomas Philipp and Ulrich Haarmann. Cambridge, Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization, Cambridge University Press, 1998. xiv + 306 pp., illustrations, L35.00/$59.95. THE OTTOMAN TURKS: AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY. By Justin McC…
The Architecture and Decoration of the Gulistan Palace: The Aims and Achievements of Fath c Ali Shah (1797-1834) and Nasir al-din Shah (1848-1896)
“To a stranger, possibly also to a native, the most interesting portion of Teheran is the great quadrilateral, containing the Ark or Citadel, and occupying a space of probably nearly a quarter of a mile square on the southern side of the Tup Meidan. Since the demolition of the old town there is nothing in the appearance of this enclosure to identify it with a citadel in the ordinary acceptation of the term; for, although it is surrounded by mud w…
Islamic architecture after 1250 [Ottomans, Safavids, Timurids, and other rulers]
Islamic art: Textiles
Entertainments East and West—Three Encounters between Iranians and Europeans during the Qajar Period (1786–1925)
The establishment of Qajar rule by Agha Muhammad Khan in 1786 initiated a period of relative stability in Iran which lasted through the nineteenth century to 1925. His two most important successors, Fath ‘Ali Shah (1797–1834) and Nasir al-Din Shah (1848–1896), during their long reigns, saw the stabilization of Iran's borders to their present limits and maintained a cautious balance in domestic policy with the religious, administrative, and commer…
Isabella Bird Bishop (1831–1904) and Her Travels in Persia and Kurdistan in 1890
Isabella Bird Bishop was one of the remarkable Victorian women who traveled independently in both Persia and the neighboring countries of the Ottoman Empire. She came to Persia as a very experienced and respected travel writer who had journeyed alone and adventurously in the Americas, Australia, Japan and Malaya. Her travels in Persia in 1890 were possibly the hardest and most challenging of her life. She meticulously observed, recorded and final…
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