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PRE-20TH CENTURY HISTORY: Safavid Iran: Rebirth of an Empire
Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; PRE-20TH CENTURY HISTORY: Safavid Iran: Rebirth of an Empire , by Andrew...Nathan aims to offer a new history of Safavid Iran (1501-1722), because the only other general overview study on Safavid Iran, by Roger Savory, is out of print...
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Historical Writing During the Reign of Shah Abbas: Ideology, Imitation, and Legitimacy in Safavid Chronicles. (Reviews of Books).
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Ideology, Imitation, and Legitimacy in Safavid Chronicles. By SHOLEH A. QUINN. Salt...infancy. Sholeh Quinn's analysis of Safavid chronicles makes a major contribution...introduction Quinn provides a brief sketch of the Safavid dynasty and of Safavid historical writing...
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Pre-20th century history: Safavid Government Institutions
Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Safavid Government Institutions, by Willem Floor...Tadhkirat al-Muluk (the well-known late Safavid administrative manual) and by Klaus Michael...1966, analyzes the actual working of the Safavid administration. While acknowledging the...
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The Shah's Silk for Europe's Silver: The Eurasian Trade of the Julfa Armenians in Safavid Iran and India (1530-1750)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Eurasian Trade of the Julfa Armenians in Safavid Iran and India (1530-1750). By INA...successful of all merchants engaged in Safavid Iran's long-distance trade. Yet until...understanding of the position of Armenians in Safavid Iran, their role in its trade and politics...
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Safavid Persia: The History and Politics of an Islamic Society.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; Safavid Persia: The History and Politics of an...the result of the second round table on Safavid Persia (1501-1722) and is proof of...on historiography: why and how do the Safavid chroniclers tell us what? We learn that...
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The Afghan Occupation of Safavid Persia 1771-1729. (Reviews of Books).
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; The Afghan Occupation of Safavid Persia 1771-1729. Compiled, annotated...Company (VOC) in the dying days of the Safavid era is an example of that endeavor...for the history of the demise of the Safavid dynasty in 1722 and the events surrounding...
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The Politics Of Trade In Safavid Iran: Silk For Silver 1600-1730
Magazine article from: Middle East; 2/1/2000; ; 424 words
; THE POLITICS OF TRADE IN SAFAVID IRAN: SILK FOR SILVER 1600-1730...revisionist interpretation of the economy of Safavid Iran. Using a wide range of archival...large, through the prism of the late Safavid silk trade. In so doing, the author...
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Converting Persia: Religion and Power in the Safavid Empire.(Books in Brief)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Middle East; 6/1/2005; ; 579 words
; ...CONVERTING PERSIA Religion and Power in the Safavid Empire By Rula Jurdi Abisaab published...history, acting both as a history of Safavid Iran, and also explaining the position...distinct sources of legitimacy for the Safavid monarchs, and an ideological defence...
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PRE-20TH CENTURY HISTORY: Slaves of the Shah: New Elites of Safavid Iran
Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Slaves of the Shah: New Elites of Safavid Iran, by Sussan Babaie, Kathryn Babayan...Shah deals with a central feature of the Safavid period, that is, the presence at the...important conceptual flaws. First, the Safavid empire is almost exclusively conceived...
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Nadir Shah's Quest for Legitimacy in Post-Safavid Iran.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Shah's Quest for Legitimacy in Post-Safavid Iran. By Ernest S. Tucker. (Gainesville...Nadir Quli Khan first deposed the reigning Safavid Shah, Tahmasp II, on the grounds of...antagonized those whose loyalty was to the Safavid dynasty, which had ruled Iran since 1501...
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Safavid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Safavid , Iranian dynasty (1499-1736), that...Iran as an official state religion. The Safavid state provided both the territorial and...Sunni neighbors. The consolidation of Safavid rule was completed during the reign of...
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Abbas I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the Great," was a shah of Persia, the fifth king of the Safavid dynasty. He brought Persia once again to the zenith of power...and ensure their success, the Qizilbash killed most of the Safavid princes, including the heir apparent and his mother. Abbas...
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Qizilbash
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Heydar's son, Esm ā ' ī l, founded the Safavid dynasty and conquered most of what is Iran today. Shah Esm...Some became mercenaries, but most of them supported the Safavid shahs who were fighting against the Sunni Ottoman and Sunni...
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Azerbaijan and Azeris
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...Under Shah Ismail (1501 – 1524), first among the Safavid line of rule, the Shiasect of Islam became the "official...early twenty-first century. When the two hundred-year Safavid Dynasty ended in 1722, indigenous tribal chieftains filled...
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Tahmasp
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tahmasp , 1514-76, shah of Persia (1524-76), son and successor of Ismail and the second of the Safavid dynasty. He successfully repulsed persistent invasions by the Uzbeks. Sulayman I also invaded Persia, continuing the wars between...
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