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PhD defence Zhinia Noorian

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 8 November 2022 , News

Lecture by Professor Muzaffar Alam

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 6 November 2022 , News

Conference ‘Faces of Islam’

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 3 November 2022 , News

PhD defence Zhinia Noorian: Iranian social, political and religious critique through poetry

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 18 October 2022 , News

In memory of Professor Franklin Lewis

Dr. Diede Farhosh-van Loon - 21 September 2022 , News

De Sharia voorbij: de rol van het soefisme bij de vorming van islam

Prof.dr. Asghar Seyed-Gohrab - 22 February 2022 , 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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