David J. Roxburgh. « “Many a Wish Has Turned Dust”: Pir Budaq and the Formation of Turkmen Arts of the Book »
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The essay is an attempt to throw light on Turkmen manuscript patronage, long considered to have been eclipsed by Timurid bibliophilism, which it emulated, and Safavid book production, which it preceded. Pīr Būdāq (d. 1466) has been selected as a case study for examining the realities for princely book production during the unstable period of late Qaraqūyunlū rule when Pīr Būdāq was appointed by his father, Jahānšāh (r. 1438-1467), as governor of Shiraz (1456-1460) and Baghdad (1460-1466) befo...