Samāǧaperformances in third/ninth-century Abbasid courts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2821082 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Massimiliano Borroni (0000-0003-2559-3917, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 289-302 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x19000351 |
| OpenAlex | W2952817613 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Literary sources from the Abbasid period record few descriptions of courtly masquerades and plays calledsamāǧa, which closely resemblesumozheplays from eighth-century China. On the basis of thesesamāǧadescriptions, the present paper argues that it is possible to understand howsamāǧaplays were carried out. Moreover, I argue thatsamāǧaperformances were a Central Asian custom imported to the Abbasid court with the establishment of the Turkish corps, and that its disappearance after the caliphate of al-Muʿtaḍid signals a substantial shift in the nature of the Turkish presence in the Abbasid heartland, marked by the establishment of themamlūksystem
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Caliphate · China · Islam · Linguistics · Literature · Ninth · Period (music) · Physics · Turkish · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Families in Therapy and Culture · History · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |