Calendar, Ceremony, and Chronology in the Safavid, Mughal and Ottoman Empires
by
Stephen P. Blake
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based on a lunar calendar and era, was complex and required sophistication and accuracy. From the ninth to the...