Zadig ou la destinée

Voltaire (1694-1778)

Zadig ou la destinée

Zadig ou la destinée. Histoire orientale

s.l.: s.n., 1747.

Keywords: AnticlericalismFranceIndiaOrientalismSatī

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Authority file: https://viaf.org/viaf/36925746/

Edited by: Chiara Petrolini

Satī. The bride immolates herself on the funeral pyre (1657)

from: Isfahan, Iran

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireGenderIndiaIranIslamPersiaSatīSatiSelf-SacrificeWomen

Muhammad `Ali Naqqash Mashhadi

Satī, from a Sūz u Gudāz manuscript. The union of the couple on the pyre (1657)

from: Sūz u Gudāz ms, Iran, Walters Manuscript W. 649, fol. 19b (Burning and Melting)

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 5. Sacrifices of self: Martyrology and crusades including Reconquista (12^th-20^th Century)

Keywords: FireGenderIndiaIranIslamManuscriptMughalPersiaSatīSatiSelf-SacrificeWomen

Naw'ī, Mohammad Rizā

Hindu Princess Committing Suttee (17th century)

Wellcome Library, London

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireIndiaIranSatīWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Scene of a sati. In the foreground, a widowed woman (encountered by Della Valle on November 12, 1623) on horseback holds a mirror and a lemon amidst a crowd. In the background, a woman throws herself into the flames of a funeral pyre (1665)

from: Della Valle, Pietro, De volkome beschryving der voortreffelijke reizen van de deurluchtige reisiger Pietro della Valle, edelman van Romen, in veel voorname gewesten des werrelts, sedert het jaer 1615, tot in 't jaar 1626 gedaan. Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1666, vol. 5, pag. 163

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireIndiaSatīSelf-SacrificeWomen

Anonymous / Unknown

Woman Committing Sati (17th century)

Harvard Art Museum, Boston (https://harvardartmuseums.org/art/165399)

Topics:
2. Sacrifice and religion: Comparisons, Antiquarians, Anthropology (16^th-18^th Century) 7. Sacrifices of self: Martirology and Catholic global missions (16^th-18^th Century)

Keywords: FireIndiaIranSatīWomen

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