Don Juan of Persia : a Shi'ah Catholic, 1560-1604
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Don Juan of Persia : a Shi'ah Catholic, 1560-1604
(The Broadway travellers, 6)
RoutledgeCurzon, 2005
Available at / 2 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Translated from the Spanish
Reprint. Originally published: London : George Routledge & Sons, 1926. (The Broadway travellers / edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1926. Don Juan was a Persian Moslem who became a Spanish Roman Catholic. His description of Persia and his account of the wars waged by the Persians during the sixteenth century considerably add to modern day knowledge of the history of the period. The book describes the Safavi rule as first established, and the system of government set up in the prime of Shah 'Abbas, as well as being an account of the long journey from Isfahan to Valladolid.
Guy Le Strange's comprehensive introduction places the book in its historical context, as well as providing important information on how the book was written. Many of the inaccuracies of the original text are corrected in translation with references and notes added to the index to guide the reader.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION, THE TRANSLATION, BOOK I, CHAPTERS ONE TO THIRTEEN, BOOK II, CHAPTERS ONE TO TWELVE, BOOK III, CHAPTERS ONE TO EIGHT, NOTES, INDEX, MAPS
by "Nielsen BookData"