Behrouzi Pour, Hossein

[ 1 ] - The Role and Function of the Art of Miniature in the Religious Legitimacy of the Ilkhanate Government with an Emphasis on the Shia Symbols in the Miniatures of Rashidi’s Jami al-Tawarikh and Biruni’s Assar al-Baghieh

Due to the plurality of the rulers’ religions, many of the religious miniatures in the hand-written copies at the beginning of the Ilkhanate period contained subjects relating to the prophets and different religions. In the second half of the Ilkhanate period, a new wave of Shi’ism appeared among the rulers that matched with their political and governmental intentions and thoughts. The question...