Safavid Persia : the history and politics of an Islamic society

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New York : Distributed by St. Martin's Press

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Book

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Full Title:

Safavid Persia : the history and politics of an Islamic society / edited by Charles Melville

Series Titles:

Pembroke Persian papers ; v. 4
Pembroke Persian papers ; v. 4.

Related/Included Titles:

Historiography of Safavid prefaces /
The early years of Shah Ismaʻil in the Afżal al-tavārīkh and elsewhere /
The iconography of the Shāh-nāma-yi Shāhī /
Kinship ties between the Safavids and the Qizilbash amirs in late sixteenth-century Iran : a case study of the political career of members of the Sharaf al-Din Ogli Tekelu family /
Le Dār al-Salṭana de Qazvin, deuxième capitale des Safavides /
Sufis, dervishes and mullas : the controversy over spiritual and temporal dominion in seventeenth-century Iran /
Shiʻi rituals and power II : the consolidation of Safavid Shiʻism : folklore and popular religion /
Shah ʻAbbas and the pilgrimage to Mashhad /
"Barrier of heterodoxy"? : rethinking the ties between Iran and Central Asia in the seventeenth century /
Persian during the Safavid period : sketch for an Etat de langue /
Similar farmans from the reign of Shah Safi /
The rise of the Julfa merchants in the late sixteenth century /
The Dutch and the Persian silk trade /
The character of the urbanisation of Isfahan in the later Safavid period /
Unwalled cities and restless nomads : firearms and artillery in Safavid Iran /
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Additional Author/Creators:

Melville, C. P. (Charles Peter), 1951-
University of Cambridge. Centre of Middle Eastern Studies
International Round Table on Safavid Persia (2nd

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Iran--History--Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736--Congresses

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Historiography of Safavid prefaces / Sholeh A. Quinn -- The early years of Shah Ismaʻil in the Afżal al-tavārīkh and elsewhere / A.H. Morton -- The iconography of the Shāh-nāma-yi Shāhī / Robert Hillenbrand -- Kinship ties between the Safavids and the Qizilbash amirs in late sixteenth-century Iran : a case study of the political career of members of the Sharaf al-Din Ogli Tekelu family / Maria Szuppe -- Le Dār al-Salṭana de Qazvin, deuxième capitale des Safavides / Ehsan Echraqi -- Sufis, dervishes and mullas : the controversy over spiritual and temporal dominion in seventeenth-century Iran / Kathryn Babayan -- Shiʻi rituals and power II : the consolidation of Safavid Shiʻism : folklore and popular religion / Jean Calmard -- Shah ʻAbbas and the pilgrimage to Mashhad / Charles Melville -- "Barrier of heterodoxy"? : rethinking the ties between Iran and Central Asia in the seventeenth century / R.D. McChesney -- Persian during the Safavid period : sketch for an Etat de langue / John R. Perry -- Similar farmans from the reign of Shah Safi / Iraj Afshar -- The rise of the Julfa merchants in the late sixteenth century / Edmund M. Herzig -- The Dutch and the Persian silk trade / Willem Floor -- The character of the urbanisation of Isfahan in the later Safavid period / Masashi Haneda -- Unwalled cities and restless nomads : firearms and artillery in Safavid Iran / Rudi Matthee.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language:

English
French

Language Note:

Chiefly in English with some text in French.

Physical Type/Description:

xi, 426 pages : illustrations, maps (some folded) ; 24 cm.

General Note:

"Published in association with the Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge."
"All but one of the fifteen papers ... were first presented at the Second International Round Table on Safavid Persia, held in Pembroke College, Cambridge, under the auspices of the University's Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, in September 1993"--P. vii.

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

990011951100302486

ISBN:

1860640230
1860640869 (pbk.)
9781860640230
9781860640865 (pbk.)

OCLC Number:

35394489

Barcode:

010000514768