Islamic East
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The Islamic East refers broadly to the eastern regions of the Muslim world—such as Persia, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and sometimes the eastern Arab lands—distinguished by their own historical, cultural, and intellectual developments within Islamic civilization.
Statements (90)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural-historical region
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region of the Muslim world ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Mashriq in some contexts ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Islamic West
NERFINISHED
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Maghrib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
Indo-Islamic architecture
NERFINISHED
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Mughal architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian Islamic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArtisticTradition |
Islamic calligraphy
NERFINISHED
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Mughal painting NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian miniature painting NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConceptualBoundary |
defined relative to Islamic West
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not strictly fixed geographically ⓘ |
| hasCulturalTradition |
Arabic culture
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Indo-Muslim culture ⓘ Persianate culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkic culture ⓘ |
| hasDynasty |
Abbasid Caliphate in its eastern domains
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Buyid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Delhi Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghaznavid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghurid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Safavid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Saffarid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Samanid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Seljuk dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
classical Islamic era
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early modern Islamic era ⓘ medieval Islamic era ⓘ post-classical Islamic era ⓘ |
| hasIntellectualCenter |
Baghdad in some periods
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Bukhara NERFINISHED ⓘ Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Herat NERFINISHED ⓘ Isfahan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucknow NERFINISHED ⓘ Multan NERFINISHED ⓘ Nishapur NERFINISHED ⓘ Samarkand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIntellectualTradition |
Islamic law
NERFINISHED
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Islamic mysticism NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic science ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfCulture |
Arabic
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Chagatai in historical periods ⓘ Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanskrit in early contact zones ⓘ Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryTradition |
Arabic prose
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Persian poetry ⓘ Urdu poetry ⓘ courtly Persian literature ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSchool |
Ash'ari theology
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Hanafi school of law NERFINISHED ⓘ Isma'ili Shi'ism NERFINISHED ⓘ Ja'fari school of law NERFINISHED ⓘ Maturidi theology NERFINISHED ⓘ Shafi'i school of law NERFINISHED ⓘ Twelver Shi'ism NERFINISHED ⓘ various Sufi orders ⓘ |
| hasSubregion |
Afghanistan
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Bengal in some periods ⓘ Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Khurasan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria in some historical usages ⓘ Transoxiana NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Arab lands NERFINISHED ⓘ northern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSufiOrder |
Chishti order
NERFINISHED
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Naqshbandi order NERFINISHED ⓘ Qadiri order NERFINISHED ⓘ Suhrawardi order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dar al-Islam
NERFINISHED
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Islamic world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Islamic historiography
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Islamic studies scholarship ⓘ comparative civilizational studies ⓘ |
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