Iran under the Safavids /
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| Author / Creator: | Savory, Roger |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980. |
| Description: | x, 277 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/393876 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Map
- Acknowledgements
- 1. The Lords of Ardabil
- 2. Theocratic state: the reign of Shah Isma'il I (1501-1524)
- 3. Internal dissensions and external foes: the Safavid state from 1524 to 1588
- 4. The Safavid empire at the height of its power under Shah 'Abbas the Great (1588-1629)
- 5. Relations with the West during the Safavid period
- 6. The flowering of the arts under the Safavids
- 7. 'Isfahan is half the world' - Shah 'Abbas's Isfahan
- 8. The social and economic structure of the Safavid state
- 9. Intellectual life under the Safavids
- 10. Decline and fall of the Safavids
- Notes
- Index