Rizvi, Kishwar

The Safavid dynastic shrine: architecture, religion and power in early modern Iran/ Kishwar Rizvi. - London; New York: I. B. Tauris, 2011. - xv, 269 p., [23] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), 1 map; 24 cm. - I.B. Tauris & BIPS Persian studies series, 5. .

"A joint publication with the British Institute of Persian Studies."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The shrine and the city -- Myth and charity -- Consolidating the Safavid past -- Aesthetics and ideology of buiding -- The princely aesthetic -- Marking the sacred landscape.

9781848853546 1848853548


Architecture, Safavid--Iran.
Architecture and state--History.--Iran


Iran--History

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