The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran: Power, Religion and RhetoricThe Safavid dynasty originated as a fledgling apocalyptic mystical movement based in Iranian Azarbaijan, and grew into a large, cosmopolitan Irano-Islamic empire stretching from Baghdad to Herat. Here, Colin P. Mitchell examines how the Safavid state introduced and moulded a unique and vibrant political discourse, reflecting the social and religious heterogeneity of sixteenth-century Iran. Beginning with the millenarian-minded Shah Isma'il and concluding with the autocrat par excellence, Shah Abbas, Mitchell explores the phenomenon of state-sponsored rhetoric. A thorough investigation of the Safavid state and the significance of rhetoric, power and religion in its functioning, The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran is indispensable for all those interested in Iranian history and politics and Middle East studies. |
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The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran: Power, Religion and Rhetoric Colin P. Mitchell No preview available - 2009 |
The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran: Power, Religion and Rhetoric Colin Paul Mitchell No preview available - 2009 |
The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran: Power, Religion and Rhetoric Colin P. Mitchell No preview available - 2011 |
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Abbasid Abd al-Husain al-Ṭūsī Abd al-Mu'min Abū al-akhbār al-Dīn al-inshā al-Karakī al-mamālik al-salāṭīn Alī Allāh Amir Arabic Astarābād Babayan bureaucratic century culture dār dīvān dīvān-i a`lā divine dynasty Farīdūn Beg Gīlān Ḥabīb al-siyar hadith Ḥasan Herāt History of Shah Husain Ibrāhīm Imām Imamate imperial inshā Iranian Iranica Iṣfahānī Iskander Beg Munshi Islamic Īvūghlī Khān Khudābandah Khulāṣat al-tavārīkh Khurāsān Khvājah Khvāndamīr kingship Lāhījī letter Mashhad Maulānā medieval millenarian Mīr Mīrzā Mughal Muḥammad Murad III Muslim mystical nāmah Navā’ī Navā’ī ed Nuskhah-yi jāmi`a-i al-murāsalāt Ottoman Perso-Islamic poetic poetry political pre-Islamic Prophet prose Qāḍī Aḥmad Qāḍī-yi Jahān Qazvīn Qizilbāsh Qur'anic reign of Shah religious rhetoric royal ruler Rūmlū Safavid chancellery Safavid court Safavid empire Safavid Iran Safavid scribe sayyids scholar-bureaucrats scholars Shāh Abbās Shāh Ṭahmāsp Shāh Ṭahmāsp Safavi Shaikh Shi`ism Shi`ite Solomon Studies Sufi Sufism Sulaiman Sultan taqlīd Tārīkh-i ālam-ārā-yi Abbāsī Tehran Timurid traditions Türkmen Twelver Ustājlū Uzbeks verse vizier