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Introduction Everyday Coexistence in the Post-Ottoman Space
Introduction Everyday Coexistence in the Post-Ottoman Space REBECCA BRYANT In 1974 they started tormenting us, for instance we’d pick our apples and they’d come and take them right out of our hands. Because we had property we held on as long as we could, we didn’t want to leave, but fi nally we were afraid of being killed and had to fl ee. … We weren’t able to live there, all night we would stand by the windows waiting to see if they were going to kill us. … When we went to visit [in 2003, after the check- points dividing the island opened], they met us with drums as though nothing had happened. In any case the older elderly people were good, we used to get along with them. We would eat and drink together. —Turkish Cypriot, aged 89, twice displaced from a mixed village in Limassol district, Cyprus In a sophisticated portrayal of the confl ict in Cyprus in the 1960s, Turkish Cypriot director Derviş Zaim’s feature fi lm Shadows and Faces (Zaim 2010) shows the degeneration of relations in one mixed village into intercommunal violence. Zaim is himself a displaced person, and he based his fi lm on his extended family’s experiences of the confl ict and on information gathered from oral sources. Like anthropologist Tone Bringa’s documentary We Are All Neighbours (Bringa 1993), fi lmed at the beginning of the Yugoslav War and showing in real time the division of a village into warring factions, Zaim’s fi lm emphasizes the anticipa- tion of violence and attempts to show that many people, under the right circumstances, could become killers. -
Role of the Muslim Anjumans for the Promotion of Education in the Colonial Punjab: a Historical Analysis
Bulletin of Education and Research December 2019, Vol. 41, No. 3 pp. 1-18 Role of the Muslim Anjumans for the Promotion of Education in the Colonial Punjab: A Historical Analysis Maqbool Ahmad Awan* __________________________________________________________________ Abstract This article highlightsthe vibrant role of the Muslim Anjumans in activating the educational revival in the colonial Punjab. The latter half of the 19th century, particularly the decade 1880- 1890, witnessed the birth of several Muslim Anjumans (societies) in the Punjab province. These were, in fact, a product of growing political consciousness and desire for collective efforts for the community-betterment. The Muslims, in other provinces, were lagging behind in education and other avenues of material prosperity. Their social conditions were also far from being satisfactory. Religion too had become a collection of rites and superstitions and an obstacle for their educational progress. During the same period, they also faced a grievous threat from the increasing proselytizing activities of the Christian Missionary societies and the growing economic prosperity of the Hindus who by virtue of their advancement in education, commerce and public services, were emerging as a dominant community in the province. The Anjumans rescued the Muslim youth from the verge of what then seemed imminent doom of ignorance by establishing schools and madrassas in almost all cities of the Punjab. The focus of these Anjumans was on both secular and religious education, which was advocated equally for both genders. Their trained scholars confronted the anti-Islamic activities of the Christian missionaries. The educational development of the Muslims in the Colonial Punjab owes much to these Anjumans. -
Books, Maps and Photographs
BOOKS, MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS Tuesday 25 November 2014 Oxford BOOKS, MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS | Oxford | Tuesday 25 November 2014 | Tuesday | Oxford 21832 BOOKS, MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS Tuesday 25 November 2014 at 11.00 Oxford BONHAMS Live online bidding is CUstomER SErvICES Important INFormatION Banbury Road available for this sale Monday to Friday 8.30 to 18.00 The United States Shipton on Cherwell Please email bids@bonhams. +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Government has banned the Kidlington com with ‘live bidding’ in the import of ivory into the USA. Oxford OX5 1JH subject line 48 hours before the Please see page 2 for bidder Lots containing ivory are bonhams.com auction to register for this information including after-sale indicated by the symbol Ф service collection and shipment printed beside the lot number VIEWING in this catalogue. Saturday 22 November 09.00 to Please note we only accept SHIPPING AND COLLECTIONS 12.00 telephone bids for lots with a Oxford Monday 24 November 09.00 to low estimate of £500 or Georgina Roberts 16.30 higher. Tuesday 25 November limited +44 (0) 1865 853 647 [email protected] viewing 09.00 to 10.30 EnQUIRIES Oxford BIDS London John Walwyn-Jones +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 Jennifer Ebrey Georgina Roberts +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7393 3841 Sian Wainwright To bid via the internet please [email protected] +44 (0) 1865 853 646 visit bonhams.com +44 (0) 1865 853 647 Please see back of catalogue +44 (0) 1865 853 648 Please note that bids should be for important notice to +44 (0) 1865 372 722 fax submitted no later than 24 hours bidders prior to the sale. -
A Case Study of Shalimar Garden
Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University ISSN: 1007-1172 Garden system in Kashmir history: A Case study of shalimar Garden 1Sabeen Ahmad Sofi & 2Mohd Ashraf Research Scholar, Research Scholar, Department of History, Department of Political-Science Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalya, Jabalpur, (India) Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalya, Jabalpur, (India) [email protected] & [email protected] Abstract: The history of garden creation doesn’t go back the Mughals in valley; instead its history goes back to earlier period. The garden tradition improved by sultans of Kashmir and also the Mughals took it to new heights. During Muslim period in valley, the kings were very fond of laying gardens and to construct structures, Howere a similar structures are currently a region of history. Mughal rulers in Kashmir valley laid beautiful gardens throughout length and breadth with vast experience and exposure of Persian garden system. Kashmir opened up a new world and released a flood of creativity to the Mughals whom the making of gardens was a ruling passion. Key words: Ancient, Charm,Garden, Floriculture, Persian, Passion. INTRODUCTION: The kashmir has a long history of garden making, in ancient times, the kings of kashmir laid beautiful gardens from time to time and planted shady trees to add to beauty and Charm of kashmir. Alberuni says that kashmir as so distinctively famous for its floriculture that the worship of somnath linga as considered incomplete without offering it the water of Ganga and the flowers of kashmir. So every day flowers were exported from Kashmir to india 1. In 1339 A.D. with the establishment of sultanate in Kashmir, there ushered in a new era in the garden tradition of kashmir and these Sultans were very fond of laying gardens and to construct structures, however a similar structures are now a part of history. -
The Spatial Politics in the Craft of Postcolonial Indian Muslim Women
90 / JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND AESTHETICS The Spatial Politics in the Craft of Postcolonial Indian Muslim Women Novelists: Reading Shama Futehally’s Tara Lane, Samina Ali’s Madras in Rainy Days and Anjum Hasan’s The Cosmopolitans SABREEN AHMED Abstract: In the large framework of Indian English Fiction, writings by Muslim women novelists often find lesser engagements of critical enquiry and readership outside the marginalized domain of minority narrative studies. This paper locates the discursive positioning of the postcolonial Muslim women subjects in the selected texts in their traditional space in conformation to patriarchal structures, as well as postmodern space which tends to subvert these foundational structures. In the postmodern space the female subject is out of zenana but her fragmented self is still within its ideological barriers. The leading women in the texts rather than adhering to their religiosity yearn for liberation and seek authentic self-expression which at most instances is only partially allowed. The issue at hand is to understand on the one hand their religious identity as Muslim woman while at the same time to grasp the specificity of their claims to act as modern subjects situated in the time of political and cultural modernity, The selected works in this context are Tara Lane by Shama Futehally, Samina Ali’s Madras in Rainy Days and Anjum Hasan’s The Cosmopolitans that dwell with the nuances of conforming and combating restrictive discourses that define womanhood and female space of the zenana. Keywords: Zenana, Muslim woman, Space, Religion n the large and expanding sphere of Indian English Fiction, writings by Muslim women Inovelists often find lesser engagements of critical enquiry and readership outside the marginalized domain of minority narrative studies. -
Women at the Mughal Court Perception & Reality
Women at the Mughal Court Perception & Reality What assumptions or questions do you have about the women depicted in the following nine paintings? What was life like in the zenana or women’s quarters? How much freedom did they have? With our new online catalogue we are drawing attention to this under-explored area. We look at the fascinating lives and achievements of these women, and how they have been represented, or misrepresented. Women at the Mughal Court Perception & Reality When we look at cat. 1, ‘A Princess is attended by her Women’, one can imagine how such an image could be misinterpreted. For centuries, the women of the Mughal court and the space of the zenana (the women’s quarters of a household) in particular have often been neglected by art historians and represented by European visitors and later writers and artists in Orientalist terms. This is the idea of the ‘exotic’ harem as a place of purely sensuous languor, where thousands of nubile young women are imprisoned and lead restricted lives as sex objects, full of jealousy and frustration. As we might expect, the truth is far more complex, rich, and surprising. Certainly, as the wonderful details of cat. 1 attest, the highest-ranking women of this society enjoyed an extremely sophisticated luxury and beauty culture. Our princess’ every need is being attended to: women on the left bring her fruit and a covered cup with a drink; one woman shampoos her feet to cool them while others hold a peacock, a morchhal, attend the incense burner, and sing and play on the tambura as musical accompaniment. -
From Malala to Burka Avenger: a Few Remarks on Changing Female Role Models in Contemporary Pakistan
ARTICLES SOCIETY DOI: 10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.40.18 Kamila JUNIK ‑ŁunieWSKA Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland [email protected] From Malala TO BURKA AVENGER: A Few REMARKS ON CHANGING female ROLE MODELS IN CONTEMPORARY Pakistan ABSTRACT This paper discusses some of the breakthrough initiatives by women in Pakistan, which may have a positive influence on other women and thus lead the way to further changes in the overall situation of women. It comprises of two main parts. The first part begins with a brief study of the image of women in the Qur’an and analyses the question of how sources and religious teach- ings were interpreted in regard to women’s social status. This follows with an examination of the position of women in Pakistan and with the characteristics of the women’s movement and various initiatives of the women’s rights strug- gle. The second part discusses the work and achievements of various women’s organisations and individual women activist, in reference to the main women’s issues in the society. The study focuses on bottom‑up initiatives that arise in response to the socio‑political situation, and aims at showing how females ac- tive in the women’s rights struggle serve as a positive model for other women in Pakistan. Keywords: women issues, women in Pakistan, activism, role‑models, women rights struggle, bottom‑up initiatives 274 Kamila Junik ‑Łuniewska POLITEJA 1(40)/2016 Introduction The aim of this paper is to discuss some of the breakthrough initiatives by women in Pakistan which defy the traditional system. -
Aspectos Da Presença De Autores Franceses Do Século Xviii Nas Crônicas Machadianas E Suas Implicações Intertextuais
UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO FACULDADE DE FILOSOFIA, LETRAS E CIÊNCIAS HUMANAS DEPARTAMENTO DE LETRAS MODERNAS PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ESTUDOS LINGUÍSTICOS, LITERÁRIOS E TRADUTOLÓGICOS EM FRANCÊS DIRCEU MAGRI ASPECTOS DA PRESENÇA DE AUTORES FRANCESES DO SÉCULO XVIII NAS CRÔNICAS MACHADIANAS E SUAS IMPLICAÇÕES INTERTEXTUAIS (VERSÃO CORRIGIDA) SÃO PAULO 2014 Nome: MAGRI, Dirceu. Título: Aspectos da presença de autores franceses nas crônicas machadianas e suas implicações intertextuais Tese apresentada ao Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos Linguísticos, Literários e Tradutológicos em Francês do Departamento de Letras Modernas, da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo, para a obtenção do título de Doutor em Letras - Língua e Literatura Francesa. Aprovado em: _____/_____/_______. Banca Examinadora Prof. Dr.: ____________________________________________________ Instituição:______________________Assinatura: ___________________ Prof. Dr.: ____________________________________________________ Instituição:______________________Assinatura: ___________________ Prof. Dr.: ____________________________________________________ Instituição:______________________Assinatura: ___________________ Prof. Dr.: ____________________________________________________ Instituição:______________________Assinatura: ___________________ Prof. Dr.: ____________________________________________________ Instituição:______________________Assinatura: ___________________ 3 Li tudo, misturei, digeri, e aqui estou. Machado de Assis, -
Rethinking the Mythical Standard Accounts of the Enlightenment Höög, Victoria
Rethinking the Mythical Standard Accounts of the Enlightenment Höög, Victoria Published in: Insikt & Handling 2018 Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Höög, V. (2018). Rethinking the Mythical Standard Accounts of the Enlightenment. Insikt & Handling, 26, 7-17. Total number of authors: 1 General rights Unless other specific re-use rights are stated the following general rights apply: Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal Read more about Creative commons licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. LUND UNIVERSITY PO Box 117 221 00 Lund +46 46-222 00 00 INSIKT OCH HANDLING editor victoria höög INSIKT OCH HANDLING Published by Hans Larsson Society lund university sweden Volume 26 Theme What is Left of the Enlightenment? -
Searching for Spatial Influences of Islamic Beliefs on the Traditional Turkish House
Islamic Heritage Architecture and Art II 233 SEARCHING FOR SPATIAL INFLUENCES OF ISLAMIC BELIEFS ON THE TRADITIONAL TURKISH HOUSE FERAN ÖZGE GÜVEN ULUSOY, BERNA ÜSTÜN & FATMA KOLSAL Architecture Department, Anadolu University, Turkey ABSTRACT It is possible to say that the concept of a “Turkish House” is mainly a product of Islam, although the form of dwelling tents in the nomadic period indicates there are some common features with a Turkish house. The religion of Islam and the culture of the Turks in Middle Asia show great integration in the Turkish house. The matriarchal family system of the ancient Turks, before they adopted Islam, was inverted to a patriarchal social order such that it affected the traditional Turkish house. Turkish houses mainly show common socio-cultural aspects affected by religious precepts and execute identical features, depending on the region. Thus, it is important to emphasize that the male-dominated belief of the Turco-Islamic family had not changed until the modern period; and the position of women in the society and the house mostly determines the character of a Turkish house. Religious beliefs bring an introverted form and privacy within the Turkish house; because in Islam, cultural privacy of the family members from the others and from the street is important. In addition to that, the privacy of the women family members or guests in the house is most significant; so the privacy, position and actions of the women in Islam is the most important factor shaping the spatial organization of the house. The traces and reflections of Islam can be directly read into spaces such as the haremlik and selamlık, the orientation of the rooms; and the architectural elements such as the windows, doors or some specialized ones; the relationship between streets and the house, the characteristics of courtyard walls, the location of the toilet, the separation of actions and spaces for toilet and bath, the orientation of spaces to the qibla, and even the knockers of outdoor doors. -
The Power, Subjectivity, and Space of India's Mughal Architecture
monumental matters monumental matters The Power, Subjectivity, and Space of India’s Mughal Architecture Santhi Kavuri-Bauer Duke University Press | Durham and London | 2011 © 2011 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ∞ Designed by April Leidig-Higgins Typeset in Garamond Premier Pro by Copperline Book Services, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book. In memory of my father, Raghavayya V. Kavuri contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Breathing New Life into Old Stones: The Poets and Artists of the Mughal Monument in the Eighteenth Century 19 2 From Cunningham to Curzon: Producing the Mughal Monument in the Era of High Imperialism 49 3 Between Fantasy and Phantasmagoria: The Mughal Monument and the Structure of Touristic Desire 76 4 Rebuilding Indian Muslim Space from the Ruins of the Mughal “Moral City” 95 5 Tryst with Destiny: Nehru’s and Gandhi’s Mughal Monuments 127 6 The Ethics of Monumentality in Postindependence India 145 Epilogue 170 Notes 179 Bibliography 197 Index 207 acknowledgments This book is the result of over ten years of research, writing, and discus- sion. Many people and institutions provided support along the way to the book’s final publication. I want to thank the UCLA International Institute and Getty Museum for their wonderful summer institute, “Constructing the Past in the Middle East,” in Istanbul, Turkey in 2004; the Getty Foundation for a postdoctoral fellowship during 2005–2006; and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Grant Award for a subvention grant toward the costs of publishing this book. -
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THE FRIENDS OF VOLTAIRE cIOS I /.( I OIL '(if . h \'^lT(itrc7', S^- .fi-Puja^ JJvur^u.'i^-.a.'7'7 JEAN-LEROND D'ALEMBERT. From ami Engraxiing after Pnios. THE FKIENDS OF VOLTAIRE BY ' S. G. TALLENTYRE AUTHOR OF LIFE OF VOLTAIBE ' ' THB WOMEN OF THE SALONS ' ETC. i- Hi^uu * II faut que les §,mes pensantes se frottent Tune centre I'autre pour faire jaillir de la lumi^re.' VoLTAiEE : Letter to the Due d' XJzes^ December 4, 1751. WITH POETEAITS Y; OF THE '^\ I^NIVERSITY ^ OF ^/! \,wo9:\^ LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1906 [All rights r«i«rT*d] t BEESE np7ios ItoG CONTENTS PAGE I. D'Alembert : the Thinker (1717-1783) . 1 II. Diderot : the Talker (1713-1784) . ' . .32 III. GalianT: the Wit (1728-1787) 62 IV. Vauvbnargues : the Aphorist (1715-1747) . 96 V. D'Holbach: the Host (1723-1789) . 118 VI. Grimm: the Journalist (1723-1807) . 160 VII. Helvetius : the Contradiction (1715-1771) . 176 VIII. Turgot: the Statesman (1727-1781) ... 206 IX. Beaumarchais : the Playwright (1732-1799) . 236 X. CONDORCET : THE ARISTOCRAT (1743-1794) . 268 Index 299 294995 POETEAITS D'Alembert Frontispiece From an Engraving after Pvjos. Diderot To face ^.32 From an Engraving by Henriquez, after the Portrait by Vanloo. Galiani „ 62 From a Print. Vauvenargues „ 96 From a Print in the Bibliotheque Rationale, Paris. D'HOLBACH ,,118 From a Portrait in the Musde Cond4, Chantilly. Grimm „ 150 From an Engraving, after Carmontelle, in the Bibliothhque Rationale, Paris. HELvinus ,,176 From an Engraving by St. Aubin, after the Portrait by Vanloo. TURGOT ,,206 From an Engraving by Tje Beau, after the Portrait by Troy.