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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790095103321

Titolo

New perspectives on Safavid Iran : empire and society / / edited by Colin P. Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-99193-X

1-283-10595-0

9786613105950

1-136-99194-8

0-203-85463-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Iranian studies ; ; 8

Altri autori (Persone)

MitchellColin Paul

Disciplina

955/.03

Soggetti

Iran History SÌ£afavid dynasty, 1501-1736

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Dedicated to the renowned Safavid historian Roger Savory, this book brings together a collection of studies on the Safavid state of Iran (1501-1722) from the perspectives of political, social, literary, and artistic history.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The publications of Roger M. Savory, 1960-2007 / Eleazar Birnbaum -- The blinding pledge (mochalga) : a Chinggisid practice in Safavid Iran / Maria Subtelny -- The form, appearance, and decoration in the letters of the Safavid kings / Iraj Afshar -- Am I my brother's keeper? : negotiating corporate sovereignty and divine absolutism in 16th-century Turco-Iranian politics / Colin P. Mitchell -- Complex goals of the Ottomans, Persians and Muscovites in the Caucasus, 1578-1639 / Max Kortepeter -- Cultural currents in the Turco-Persian world of Safavid and post-Safavid times / John Perry -- From the battlefield to the harem : did women's seclusion increase from early to late Safavid times? / Rudi Matthee -- A Safavid bottle with matchlock hunt in the Royal Ontario Museum / Lisa Golombek -- Reminiscences of the Maidan-i Shah / Ali Asghar Bakhtiar -- The illustration of history in Safavid manuscript painting / Charles Melville -- Coordinates in time and space : architectural chronograms in Safavid Iran / Paul Losensky.

Sommario/riassunto

Dedicated to the renowned Safavid historian Roger Savory, this book



brings together a collection of studies on the Safavid state of Iran (1501-1722) from the perspectives of political, social, literary, and artistic history.Savory, a doyen of Safavid studies in the 1960s and 1970s, was responsible for expanding and popularizing the study of Iran in the 16th and 17th century. To celebrate this legacy, well-established scholars of medieval and early modern Iran have contributed specific studies reflecting an array of research interests and specializations,