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Literacy in the Persianate world: writing and the social order
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1934536458 (hbk.)
9781934536452 (hbk.)
Title
Literacy in the Persianate world : writing and the social order / edited by Brian Spooner and William L. Hanaway
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2012
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xviii, 437 p. ; maps ; 24 cm.
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Penn Museum international research conferences
4
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Proceedings of the conference, Comparative diplomatics: historical and cultural implications, held 5-8 October 2008, at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Persian as koine: written Persian in world-historical perspective / Brian Spooner and William L. Hanaway -- Pt. 1: Foundations. New Persian: expansion, standardization, and inclusivity / John R. Perry -- Secretaries, poets, and the literacy language / William L. Hanaway -- The transmission of Persian texts compared to the case of classical Latin / A.H. Morton -- Pt. 2: Spread. Persian as a lingua franca in the Mongol Empire / David Morgan -- Ottoman Turkish: written language and scribal practice, 13th to 20th centuries / Linda T. Darling -- Persian rhetoric in the Safavid context: a 16th century Nurbakhshiyya treatise on inshā / Colin P. Mitchell -- Pt. 3: Vernacularization and nationalism. Historiography in the Sadduzai era: language and narration / Senzil Nawid -- How could Urdu be the envy of Persian (rashk-i-Fārsi)! the role of Persian in South Asian culture and literature / Muhammad Aslam Syed -- Urdu Inshā: the Hyderābād experiment, 1860-1948 / Anwar Moazzam -- Teaching Persian as an imperial language in India and in England during the late 18th and early 19th centuries / Michael H. Fisher -- Pt. 4: The larger context. The Latinate tradition as a point of reference / Joseph Farrell -- Persian scribes (munshi) and Chinese literati (ru): the power and prestige of fine writing (adab/wenzhang) / Victor H. Mair.
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University of Pennsylvania -- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology -- Congresses
Subject
Persian language -- History
Persian language -- Written Persian -- History
Writing -- Iran -- History
Literacy -- Iran -- History
Iran -- Intellectual life
Iran -- Social life and customs
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Spooner, Brian
Hanaway, William L. 1929-
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