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The Timurid and Safavid periods

edited by Peter Jackson and Laurence Lockhart

(The Cambridge history of Iran, v. 6)

Cambridge University Press, 1986

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Bibliography: p. 995-1065

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Cambridge History of Iran is an eight-volume survey of Iranian history and culture, and its contribution to the civilisation of the world. All aspects of the religious, philosophical, political, economic, scientific and artistic elements in Iranian civilisation are studied, with some emphasis on the geographical and ecological factors which have contributed to that civilisation's special character. The aim is to provide a collection of readable essays rather than a catalogue of information. The volumes offer scope for the publication of new ideas as well as providing summaries of established facts. They should act as a stimulus to specialists, but are primarily concerned to answer the sort of questions about the past and present of Iran that are asked by the non-specialist. This volume covers the history of Iran from the collapse of the Il-Khanid empire (c. 1335) to the second quarter of the 18th century. The period id of special interest as one which, in the traditional view, witnessed the emergence of Iran as a 'national state'. It is in the latter half of this era that moderate Shi'ism acquired the definitive hold on the country which has been maintained to the present day, and which helps to differentiate Iran from the other Islamic states of south-west Asia. In addition to chapters on commercial and diplomatic contacts with Europe - contacts usually fortified by a common hostility to the Ottoman Turks - which became prominent from the 16th century, the volume contains chapters on social and economic history, the arts and architecture, the exact sciences, religion, philosophy and literature.

Table of Contents

  • List of plates
  • List of text figures
  • List of maps
  • List of tables
  • Preface
  • 1. The Jalayirids, Muzaffarids and Sarbarbadars H. R. Roemer
  • 2. Timur in Iran H. R. Roemer
  • 3. The Successors of Timur H. R. Roemer
  • 4. The Turkmen dynasties H. R. Roemer
  • 5. The Safavid period H. R. Roemer
  • 6. The Safavid administrative system R. M. Savory
  • 7. European contacts with Persia, 1350-1736 Laurence Lockhart
  • 8. Trade from the mid-14th century to the end of the Safavid period Ronald Ferrier
  • 9. Social and internal economic affairs Bert Fragner
  • 10. The exact sciences in Timurid Iran E. S. Kennedy
  • 11. Persian science in Safavid times H. J. J. Winter
  • 12. Religion in the Timurid and Safavid periods B. S. Amoretti
  • 13. Spiritual movements, philosophy and theology in the Safavid period S. H. Nasr
  • 14. Carpets and textiles F. Spuhler
  • 15a. Timurid architecture R. Pinder-Wilson
  • 15b. Safavid architecture Robert Hillenbrand
  • 16a. The pictorial arts in the Timurid period Basil Gray
  • 16b. The arts in the Safavid period Basil Gray
  • 17a. Persian literature in the Timurid and Turkmen periods Z. Safa
  • 17b. Hafiz and his contemporaries Annemarie Schimmel
  • 17c. Persian literature in the Safavid period Z. Safa
  • 18. Persian poetry in the Timurid and Safavid periods Ehsan Yarshater
  • Bibliographies
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BA00843921
  • ISBN
    • 9780521200943
  • LCCN
    67012845
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxiii, 1087 p., 72 p. of plates
  • Size
    24 cm
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