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CafeLitt 44: Turko-Persian Tradition

Mon 12 Nov 2007, 20:33, by , at Cafe Linda: (Map)

Subject: Turko-Persian Tradition
Date: 15 Nov. 2007
Presented by: Behzad Mostowfi


we will talk about some developments in the history of a distinctive culture that arose, flourished for several hundred years, and then seemed to fade in early modern times as European influences were imposed upon it. Torko-Persian Islamicate culture, as it will be called here, is an ecumenical mix of Arabic, Persian, and Turkic elements that melded in the ninth and tenth centuries in eastern Iran (Greater Khorasan). From there it was carried by conquering peoples to neighboring areas, so that it eventually became the predominant culture of ruling and elite classes of West, Central and South Asia. In this introduction the origins and history of this culture is introduces and its significant influence on on forming the North West Iran is discussed


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