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

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 f...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Mitchell, Colin Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Series:Iranian studies (London, England) ; 8.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Safavid courtly narrative and politico-cultural practice
  • pt. II. Safavid aesthetics.