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Istanbul, Isfahan, and Delhi
Imperial Designs and Urban Experiences in the Early Modern Era
The urban refashionings of Istanbul, Isfahan, and Delhi, in the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries were timed to be productive of new sociopolitical and economic configurations. This chapter follows themes in the making of the three capital cities. Exploring the meanings attributed to imperial seats, it traces practices of social and courtly life as they shaped and were shaped by urban configurations. The chapter suggests that changes in the articulation and restructuring of political authority and the emergence of new elites and urban groups continuously generated new formations of social and political networks that facilitate our understanding of an early modern urbanity. In all three cities, the presence of the court, with its royal and elite households, multitudes of military forces, and palace services accounted for the expansive populations, spaces, and projects. Public spaces of encounter and interaction and places to stage imperial enterprises feature in all three cities.
Istanbul, Isfahan, and Delhi
Imperial Designs and Urban Experiences in the Early Modern Era
The urban refashionings of Istanbul, Isfahan, and Delhi, in the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries were timed to be productive of new sociopolitical and economic configurations. This chapter follows themes in the making of the three capital cities. Exploring the meanings attributed to imperial seats, it traces practices of social and courtly life as they shaped and were shaped by urban configurations. The chapter suggests that changes in the articulation and restructuring of political authority and the emergence of new elites and urban groups continuously generated new formations of social and political networks that facilitate our understanding of an early modern urbanity. In all three cities, the presence of the court, with its royal and elite households, multitudes of military forces, and palace services accounted for the expansive populations, spaces, and projects. Public spaces of encounter and interaction and places to stage imperial enterprises feature in all three cities.
Istanbul, Isfahan, and Delhi
Imperial Designs and Urban Experiences in the Early Modern Era
Flood, Finbarr Barry (editor) / Necipoğlu, Gülru (editor) / Babaie, Sussan (author) / Kafescioğlu, Çiğdem (author)
2017-08-21
28 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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