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  c. 1297. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
From his teachings evolved the influential Bektashi Sufi order, which gained strong support among the Turkoman tribesmen and later became the adopted order of the Janissary corps in the Ottoman Empire.
Founding of the city of Sultaniyya in Azerbaijan, to which the Ilkhanid ruler Oljeitu moved his capital from Tabriz.
The magnificent mausoleum built for him in the city survives to this day.
www.bartleby.com /67/306.html   (746 words)

  
 Yacov Lev. State and Society in Fatimid Egypt
The composition of the urban properties of the imam [riba' sultaniyya] diversified with the time.
On the occasion of Ramadan 517/October, a decree was issued: it stated that from that date onward the tenants on riba' sultaniyya would enjoy a reduction in their rent during Ramadan.
Under the heading of riba' sultaniyya, various types of business were mentioned, among them were: houses, bathhouses, shops, oil presses, mills and wedding halls.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/med/lev.html   (3938 words)

  
 Saudi Aramco World : The Arts of the Mongols   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
But their tent encampments were gradually replaced by more permanent structures, as their capitals at Baghdad, Tabriz, and Sultaniyya (see "Memories of Sultaniyya," page 32) became entrepôts on the web of trade routes connecting Europe and Asia.
Öljaytü's tomb at Sultaniyya was designed to surpass the one that the Seljuq sultan Sanjar had erected in the mid-12th century at Merv, then the largest mausoleum in the Muslim lands.
Monumental tombs became one of the most visible symbols of Mongol power and authority, erected by their successors all the way down to the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his construction of the most famous tomb in the world, the Taj Mahal.
www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/200301/the.arts.of.the.mongols.htm   (3188 words)

  
 The Reign of Humayun, 1530-1556   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Contemporary historians believe the tomb was designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyath, an architect of Iranian descent who had worked in Heart, Bukhara, and India before undertaking this project, note Blair and Bloom.
Humayun's tomb fits into the Iranian tradition of imperial mausoleums -- a tradition that can be seen, for example, in Uljayatu's tomb at Sultaniyya and Timur's at Samarqand.
Brend writes that it is obvious that the taste for Timurid architecture in the mid-16th century shows the Mughals attempt to connect their line in India with their forebears in Iran through the use of forms identified with the Timurid.
www.islamicart.com /library/empires/india/humayun.html   (769 words)

  
 Muhammad Shah bin Momin Shah
Meanwhile, the forces of Sayed Ali had laid siege to Alamut while pursuing Kiya Malik, and took possession of Alamut.
Muhammad Shah had been given self-conduct, and was sent to Taymur, who is reported to have sent him in Sultaniyya, where he died in 807/1404.
His descendants escaped from the prison and started their living in Sultaniyya.
ismaili.net /histoire/history07/history710.html   (903 words)

  
 Humayun's tomb, Delhi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Such typical Persian gardens had been introduced into India by Babur; later they would be found in the Red Fort in Delhi and at the Taj Mahal in Agra.
The architectural form of the building is Persian and especially in its main chamber shows some familiarity with the tomb of the Mongol Ilkhanid ruler of Persia, Oljeytu, at Sultaniyya.
It is one of a long line of Mughal buildings influenced by Timurid architecture, notably the tomb of Timur (Tamerlane) in Samarkand.
depts.washington.edu /uwch/silkroad/cities/india/delhi/humayun/humayun.html   (515 words)

  
 The Arts of the Ilkhanid Period (1256-1353 A.D.) | Special Topics Page | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Detail of one of the vaults of the upper gallery, Mausoleum of Sultan Uljaytu, Sultaniyya.
1304–16) in Sultaniyya, however, is the architectural masterpiece of the period.
Following their conversion to Islam, the Ilkhanids built numerous mosques and Sufi shrines in cities across Iran such as Ardabil, Isfahan, Natanz, Tabriz, Varamin, and Yazd (ca.
www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/ilkh/hd_ilkh.htm   (565 words)

  
 Miran Shah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
He captured several prisoners, but these were released under light conditions when handed over to Timur.
In 1396 Miran Shah was given control of Azerbaijan, principally the cities of Sultaniyya, the former capital of the Illkhans, and Tabriz.
In the summer of 1398 he marched from Tabriz with the goal of subduing the Jalayirids of Baghdad, but was forced to call off the expedition.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Miran-Shah.htm   (502 words)

  
 Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation - The Hadith Encyclopedia and the IHSAN Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
* The Sultaniyya edition (Cairo), which was in turn drawn from the celebrated and authoritative copy of Imam al-Yunini.
This is a facsimile reprint of the Sultaniyya edition upon which every subsequent edition of Sahih al-Bukhari has been based.
* The Tahrir edition of 1384 AH, which is based on the Sultaniyya edition of 1329.
www.thesaurus-islamicus.li /hadithbrochure.htm   (3003 words)

  
 Articles - Muzaffarids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Having to make peace with the Jalayirids, Shah Shuja offered to marry his son Zain Al-Abidin to a sister of the Jalayirid ruler Husain.
The Jalayirids refused the offer and invaded, although Shah Shuja managed to prevent them from getting any further than Sultaniyya.
Before dying in 1384, he named his son Zain al-Abidin his successor and his third brother 'Imad ad-Din Ahmad as governor of Kirman.
www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Muzaffarids   (1055 words)

  
 Baha Al - Din Yusuf Ibn Rafi Ibn Shaddad D S Richards -The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin being the al - Nawadir ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Baha Al - Din Yusuf Ibn Rafi Ibn Shaddad D S Richards -The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin being the al - Nawadir al - Sultaniyya as l - Mahasin al - Yusufiyya of Baha aDin Ibn Shaddad Crusade Texts in Translation - Jeff Rona
The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin being the al - Nawadir al - Sultaniyya as l - Mahasin al - Yusufiyya of Baha aDin Ibn Shaddad Crusade Texts in Translation
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