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The Role of Sufism in Shaping Islam

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Video series on Beyond Sharia project

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 13 June 2024 , News

Romantic Ascetics and Epic Lovers:

From Niẓāmī’s Majnūn to Feyżī’s Nal

Fatemeh Naghshvarian - 12 June 2024 , Blogs, News

Studieweek mystiek 2024 – Titus Brandsma Instituut

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 2 May 2024 , Events, News

Happy Nowruz!

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 20 March 2024 , News

11-12 April 2024: International conference ‘Femininity and Masculinity in Persian Culture and Literature’

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 7 March 2024 , Events, News

Call for Papers: ‘Limits, Boundaries, and Transgression in Literatures and Languages of the Persianate World’

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 11 January 2024 , Events, News

ZemZem Special Edition over Rumi 2/2023

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 21 December 2023 , Events, News

Call for Papers: Femininity and Masculinity in Persian Literature

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 28 September 2023 , News

Professor J.T.P. de Bruijn’s Book Collection in Utrecht University Library

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 15 September 2023 , News

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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 101020403).

    Beyond Sharia
    The Role of Sufism in Shaping Islam

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    The images that make up the header of this website are sourced from the website of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From left to right they are:

    1 Painting attributed to Bihzad (Iranian, Herat ca. 1450–1535/36 Herat). "Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Divan of Hafiz. ca. 1480.  Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    2 Sa'di. "Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz" Late 15th century.  Ink, opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    3 "Youth and Dervish". Second quarter 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper (tinted drawing). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    4 Sa'di (Iranian, Shiraz ca. 1213–1291 Shiraz). "Dancing Dervishes", Folio from a Gulistan of Sa'di. 17th century. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    5 Hafiz (Iranian, Shiraz ca. 1325–1390 Shiraz),  Luthfi (Iranian, 1367–1460s), Hilali (Iranian, Astarabad ca. 1470–1529/30 Herat), Mu’in (Iranian), Asir (Iranian, died probably 1639–40). "Anthology of Persian Poetry"  17th century.  Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Binding: opaque watercolor and gold on leather. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.


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