Book ID: CBB747950423

Time in Early Modern Islam: Calendar, Ceremony, and Chronology in the Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman Empires (2013)

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Blake, Stephen P. (Author)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: 224
Language: English

The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based on a lunar calendar and era, was complex and required sophistication and accuracy. From the ninth to the sixteenth century, it was the Muslim astronomers of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires, and not those of Europe, who were responsible for the major advances in mathematics, astronomy, and astrology. Stephen Blake's fascinating study compares the Islamic concept of time, and its historical and cultural significance, across these three great empires. Each empire, while mindful of earlier models, created a new temporal system, fashioning a new solar calendar and era and a new round of rituals and ceremonies from the cultural resources at hand. The hysteria that accompanied the end of the first Islamic millennium in 1591 also created a unique collection of apocalyptic prophets and movements in each empire. This book contributes not only to our understanding of the Muslim temporal system, but also to our appreciation of the influence of Islamic science on the Western world.

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Review Yoichi Isahaya (2015) Review of "Time in Early Modern Islam: Calendar, Ceremony, and Chronology in the Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman Empires". Nazariyat: İslam Felsefe ve Bilim Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi (Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences) (pp. 199-203). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Şen, Ahmet Tunç
Akbar Falahi
Melvin-Koushki, Matthew
Mediano, Fernando Rodríguez
Rahimi Shrebaf, Gholamhossein
Ragab, Ahmed
Concepts
Astronomy
Science and religion
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Calendars
Time measurement
Science and society
Time Periods
Early modern
17th century
Medieval
16th century
Safavid dynasty
18th century
Places
Ottoman Empire
Greece
Persia (Iran)
Middle and Near East
Turkey
Spain
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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