Persianate world

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The Persianate world refers to the broad cultural sphere across West, Central, and South Asia that was deeply shaped by Persian language, literature, and courtly traditions, influencing diverse empires and societies over many centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civilizational zone ⓘ
cultural sphere ⓘ
historical concept ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Persianate cultural sphere ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
conceptCoinedBy Marshall Hodgson ⓘ
developedUnder Ghaznavid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Ghaznavid Empire

Ilkhanate ⓘ
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate

Mughal Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
Samanid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Samanid Empire

Seljuk Empire ⓘ
Timurid Empire ⓘ
linked to: Timurid dynasty
emergedAfter Arab conquest of Iran ⓘ
Islamization of Iran ⓘ
hasCharacteristic Persian as language of administration ⓘ
Persian as language of high culture ⓘ
Persianate art and architecture ⓘ
Persianate garden design ⓘ
Persianate miniature painting ⓘ
Sufi networks ⓘ
courtly etiquette influenced by Persian norms ⓘ
interconnected urban centers ⓘ
madrasas and literary academies ⓘ
manuscript production ⓘ
multilingual societies ⓘ
patronage of poets and scholars ⓘ
religious diversity ⓘ
shared literary canon ⓘ
use of Persian as a prestige language ⓘ
hasCoreRegion Iran ⓘ
hasKeyAuthor Alisher Navoi ⓘ
linked to: Ali-Shir Nava'i

Amir Khusrau ⓘ
Ferdowsi ⓘ
Hafez ⓘ
Jami ⓘ
Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Rumi ⓘ
Saadi Shirazi ⓘ
linked to: Saadi
hasKeyConcept Persianate Islam ⓘ
adab ⓘ
cosmopolitan urban culture ⓘ
futuwwa ⓘ
kingship ideology ⓘ
hasKeyGenre Persian epic poetry ⓘ
Persian lyric poetry ⓘ
Sufi treatises ⓘ
biographical dictionaries ⓘ
courtly romances ⓘ
historical chronicles ⓘ
mirror-for-princes literature ⓘ
hasKeyInstitution Sufi khanqahs ⓘ
madrasas ⓘ
royal courts ⓘ
scribal bureaucracies ⓘ
urban bazaars ⓘ
hasKeyLanguage Chagatai Turkic ⓘ
Classical Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language

Dari ⓘ
New Persian ⓘ
linked to: Western Persian

Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Tajik ⓘ
linked to: Tajiks

Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
hasModernLegacyIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Central Asian republics ⓘ
linked to: Central Asia

India ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
hasRegion Afghanistan ⓘ
Anatolia ⓘ
Bengal Sultanate ⓘ
Bukhara ⓘ
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Caucasus ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Deccan sultanates ⓘ
Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
Herat ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
Khwarezm ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Mughal India ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Safavid Iran ⓘ
linked to: Safavid Empire

Samarkand ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Timurid Central Asia ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
West Asia ⓘ
linked to: Middle East
hasTemporalExtent early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
influenced Central Asian Turkic courts ⓘ
Chagatai literary tradition ⓘ
Deccani literary culture ⓘ
Indo-Persian historiography ⓘ
Islamic art and architecture in South Asia ⓘ
Mughal court culture ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish literary tradition ⓘ
Ottoman court culture ⓘ
Urdu literary tradition ⓘ
court ceremonial in West and Central Asia ⓘ
influencedBy Islamic civilization ⓘ
linked to: Islamic world

Persian courtly culture ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
influencedByLanguage Persian language ⓘ
termPopularizedIn 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Safavid Empire → partOf → Persianate world ⓘ
Turco-Mongol → hasCulturalElement → Persianate court culture ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Turco-Mongol → relatedConcept → Persianate world ⓘ
Ghaznavid Empire → culturalSphere → Persianate world ⓘ
Sultan of the Seljuk Empire → culture → Turko-Persian culture ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Padishah → associatedWithCulture → Persianate culture ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
motaqareb metre → usedInRegion → Central Asia (Persianate tradition) ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Shams-e Tabrizi → culturalSphere → Persianate world ⓘ
Jamshidi Aimaqs → culturalSphere → Persianate world ⓘ
Taimuri Aimaqs → culturalSphere → Persianate world ⓘ
Indo-Aryan cultural sphere → influencedBy → Persianate culture ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Buyid period → hasCulturalContext → Persianate culture ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Persianate world → alsoKnownAs → Persianate cultural sphere ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Nasiri dynasty → isPartOf → Persianate world ⓘ
Kesh → culturalRegion → Persianate world ⓘ
Sahib-Qiran → usedInCulture → Persianate societies ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Afshar Turkoman → culturalSphere → Turko-Persian world ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Malika-i-Jahan → culturalContext → Persianate courts ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Durr-i-Durrān → usedInRegion → Persianate world ⓘ
Medieval India → culture → Persianate culture ⓘ
subject linked to: medieval India
linked to: Persianate world
House of Timur → hasCulturalSphere → Persianate world ⓘ
Shahzada → usedIn → Persianate cultures ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Abd al-Malik I → ethnoCulturalContext → Persianate world ⓘ
Kath → culturalSphere → Persianate world ⓘ
Richard N. Frye → areaOfInfluence → Persianate world ⓘ
Turkic dynasties → hasInfluenceOn → Persianate culture ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Islamic Iran → hasCulturalInfluenceOn → Persianate world ⓘ
Nafahāt al-Uns → circulationRegion → Persianate world ⓘ
Tahdhib al-Akhlaq → regionOfReception → Persianate world ⓘ
Taimuri Aimaq → hasCulturalSphere → Persianate world ⓘ
Sadr al-Din Muhammad ibn Ibrahim → region → Persianate world ⓘ
Intihā-nāma → culturalSphere → Persianate world ⓘ
al-Mulk → usedIn → Persianate courts ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Persian writing tradition → region → Persianate world ⓘ
Timurid Central Asia → partOf → Persianate world ⓘ
Marshall Hodgson → notableIdea → Persianate civilization ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Islamic East → hasCulturalTradition → Persianate culture ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Eastern Iranian cultures → hasPart → Persianate cultures of Central Asia ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Eastern Iranian cultures → influencedBy → Persianate court culture ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Kartids of Herat → culturalSphere → Persianate world ⓘ
Fathallah al-Shirwani → region → Persianate world ⓘ
Mughal period → hasCharacteristic → Persianate culture ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world
Central Asian empires → culturalTradition → Persianate ⓘ
linked to: Persianate world