Safavid Persia: The History and Politics of an Islamic Society

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C. Melville
I.B. Tauris, Dec 31, 1996 - History - 426 pages
The historiography of Safavid prefaces The early years of Shah Ismail in the "Afzal al-tavarikh" and elsewhere The iconography of the "Shah-nama-yi Shahi" Kinship ties between the Safavids and the Qizillbash Amirs in late 16th-century Iran A case study of the political career of members of the Sharaf al-Din Ogli Tekelu family Le "Dar al-Saltana" de Qazvin, deuxieme capitale des safavides Sufis, dervishes and mullas The controversy over spiritual and temporal dominion in 17th-century Iran Shii rituals and Power II The consolidation of Safavid Shiism Folklore and popular religion Shah Abbas and pilgimage to Mashhad "Barrier of heterodoxy"? Rethinking the ties between Iran and 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 16th century The Dutch and the Persian silk trade The character of the urbanization of Isfahan in the later Safavid period Unwalled cities and restless nomads Firearms and artillery in Safavid Iran.

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The Early Years of Shah Ismail in the Afzal altavārīkh and
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The Iconography of the Shāhnāmayi Shāhī
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Kinship Ties between the Safavids and the Qizilbash Amirs in
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