New perspectives on Safavid Iran : empire and society

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    • Mitchell, Colin Paul

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New perspectives on Safavid Iran : empire and society

edited by Colin P. Mitchell

(Iranian studies / edited by Homa Katouzian, Mohamad Tavakoli, 8)

Routledge, 2014

  • : pbk

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"First published 2011 ... First issued in paperback 2014"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • The blinding pledge (möchälgä) : a Chinggisid practice and its survival in Safavid Iran / Maria E. Subtelny
  • The form, appearance, and decoration in the letters of the Safavid kings / Iraj Afshar
  • Am I my brother's keeper? : negotiating corporate sovereignty and divine absolutism in sixteenth-century Turco-Iranian politics / Colin P. Mitchell
  • Complex goals of the Ottomans, Persians and Muscovites in the Caucasus, 1578-1640 / Carl Max Kortepeter
  • Cultural currents in the Turco-Persian world of Safavid and post-Safavid times / John R. Perry
  • From the battlefield to the harem : did women's seclusion increase from early to late Safavid times? / Rudi Matthee
  • A Safavid bottle with matchlock hunt in the Royal Ontario Museum / Lisa Golombek
  • Reminiscences of the Maidan-i Shah / Ali Asghar Bakhtiar
  • The illustration of history in Safavid manuscript painting / Charles Melville
  • Coordinates in space and time : architectural chronograms in Safavid Iran / Paul Losensky

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 for expanding and popularizing the study of Iran in the 16th and 17th century. To celebrate this legacy, well-established scholars of medieval and early modern Iran have contributed specific studies reflecting an array of research interests and specializations, which include critical re-examinations of issues of gender, literature, art and architecture, cultural and linguistic currents, illustrated historical chronicles, and courtly and administrative practices under the Safavid dynasty. This unique compilation is indicative of a growing interest in Iran and Iranian studies in both the academic and public spheres, and as such contains a number of new perspectives which will serve to supplement and re-interpret the existing corpus of Safavid scholarly literature to date. It will be an important text for scholars of world history and Middle East studies, as well as to historians in general.

Table of Contents

1. Bibliography of Roger Savory Eleazar Birnbaum 2. Introduction Colin P. Mitchell Part 1: Safavid Courtly Narrative and Politico-Cultural Practice 3. The Blinding Pledge (mochalga): A Chinggisid Practice in Safavid Iran Maria Subtelny 4. The Form, Appearance, and Decoration in the Letters of the Safavid Kings Iraj Afshar 5. Am I My Brother's Keeper? Negotiating Corporate Sovereignty and Divine Absolutism in 16th-century Turco-Iranian Politics Colin P. Mitchell 6. Complex Goals of the Ottomans, Persians and Muscovites in the Caucasus, 1578-1639 Max Kortepeter 7. Cultural Currents in the Turco-Persian World of Safavid and Post-Safavid Times John Perry 8. From the Battlefield to the Harem: Did Women's Seclusion Increase from Early to Late Safavid Times? Rudi Matthee Part 2: Safavid Aesthetics 9. A Safavid Bottle with Matchlock Hunt in the Royal Ontario Museum Lisa Golombek 10. Reminiscences of the Maidan-i Shah Ali Asghar Bakhtiar 11. The Illustration of History in Safavid Manuscript Painting Charles Melville

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