Relational Iconography, Representational Culture at the Qaraquyunlu and Aqquyunlu Courts (853 / 1449 CE to 907 / 1501 CE)

Georg Leube, Ph.D. (2014), University of Bayreuth, is akademischer Oberrat at that university. He has published monographs and articles on Islamic and Islamicate cultural history, including Kinda in der frühislamischen Geschichte (Ergon, 2017).

• List of Illustrations1 Introduction1.1 Thematic Introduction1.2 Acknowledgments1.3 A Note on Transliteration, Dates, and Other Formalia2 Theoretical Approach2.1 A Performative View of Courtly Representation2.2 Iconography: From the Description of Pictures to the Structure of Representation2.3 The Stability and Openness of Tradition2.4 Relational Iconography: Deploying an Iconographical Approach to ‘Turkmen’ Courtly Culture3 Nexus between the Worlds: An Inductive Reconstruction of ‘Turkmen’ Courtly Culture3.1 The Court as Topos and Representational Scene3.2 Topoi of Courtly Interaction I: The Yaylāq or Summer Pasture3.3 Topoi of Courtly Interaction II: The Qishlāq as an Entangled Urban Sphere4 The Dimensions of Ethnicity and Religious Affiliation in the Representational Culture of the ‘Turkmen’ Courts4.1 The Iconography of ‘Ethnicity’ and ‘Ethnic’ Affiliation4.2 The Iconography of Religious Affiliation5 Outlook and ConclusionAnnex 1: The Chronology of the Production of the Uppsala Manuscript of Abīwardī’s Chār Takht and Anīs al-ʿĀshiqīnAnnex 2: The Chronology of the Production of Faḍlallāh’s Tārīkh-i ʿĀlam-ārā-yi AmīnīBibliographyIndex