Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Figures; Introduction; Chapter 1 Historical and Cultural Contexts; 1 The Timurid Empire; 2 The City of Herat; 3 The Kitāb-khāna in Herat; 4 Niẓāmī Ganjāvī; Chapter 2 Focusing the Gaze in Late Timurid Painting; 1 Hārūn al-Rashīd in the ḥammām; 1.1 The Motif of the Treasure Discovery; 1.2 The ḥammām Motif: a Liminal Space; 1.3 The Night Motif: Hārūn al-Rashīd's Nighttime Entry to the ḥammām; 1.4 Secrets behind the Curtain; 2 The King Who Turned into a Parrot; 3 The Garden Master and the Maidens; 3.1 The Garden; 3.2 Love; 4 Conclusion
Chapter 3 The Iskandar Cycle1 Iskandar and the Philosophers; 2 Iskandar Beats the Drum; 3 Iskandar Meets the Dervish; 4 Conclusion; Chapter 4 Making Justice; 1 Khusrau before His Father Hurmuz-Shāh; 2 Sultan Sanjar and the Old Lady; 2.1 Naqshbandiyya; Chapter 5 Death and Annihilation; 1 Farhād's Death; 2 Laylī's Husband's Death; 3 The Death of Majnūn; 4 Building the Khawarnaq Palace; 5 Conclusion; Chapter 6 Concluding the Poetics of Painting; 1 Enhancing the Meaning; 1.1 Replies (Javāb); 1.2 Highlighting an Idea; 1.3 The Plane Tree; 2 Observations on Space; 2.1 Intermediate Space
2.2 The Gate (Way In)2.3 The Building (Way Out); 2.4 Three-Dimensional Worlds; 2.5 Separate Spaces in Nature; 2.6 Perspective; 2.7 Back to Narratology; 3 Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
