Iran And The World In The Safavid Age
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Iran and the World in the Safavid Age
Author | : Edmund Herzig,Willem Floor |
Publsiher | : I.B. Tauris |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2012-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1850439303 |
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Published in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation.
Iran and the World in the Safavid Age
Author | : Edmund Herzig,Willem Floor |
Publsiher | : I.B. Tauris |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2005-03-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1780769903 |
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I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation The Safavid era is of special significance in the history of Iran. Under the Safavids - between the sixteenth and the mideighteenth century - Iran was transformed and a state emerged which was the forerunner of the Iran of today in several important ways. The age is known for its wealth of contributions to Persian culture and to the arts of the Islamic world, its robust military encounters with its Ottoman and Mughal neighbours and growing contacts with western Europe. With the exception of diplomatic and commercial contacts with western European countries, little is known about the Safavids' foreign relations - their commercial, cultural, social and political exchanges with the rest of the world. Iran and the World in the Safavid Age presents the most recent research into Safavid Iran's foreign relations. It challenges the long-held notion that, with the adoption of Shi'ism, Iranians retreated into relative isolation, suggesting rather that they engaged with the world in unprecedented and exciting ways. With contributions from the leading authorities in the field, Iran and the World in the Safavid Age explores Iran's relations with other countries and cultures. Examining how Iran was itself perceived as well as how it viewed the outside world, this groundbreaking book sheds new light on the history of Iran's relations with the world beyond its borders and expands our understanding of this pivotal period.
Safavid Persia in the Age of Empires
Author | : Charles Melville |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 467 |
Release | : 2021-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780755633807 |
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The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw the establishment of the new Safavid regime in Iran. Along with reuniting the Persian lands under one rule, the Safavids initiated the radical transformation of the religious landscape by introducing Imami Shi'ism as the official state faith and in this as in other ways, laying the foundations of Iran's modern identity. In this book, leading scholars of Iranian history, culture and politics examine the meaning of the idea of Iran in the Safavid period by examining contemporary experiences of both insiders and outsiders, asking how modern scholarship defines the distinctive features of the age. While sometimes viewed as a period of decline from the high points of classical Persian literature and the visual arts of preceding centuries, the chapters of this book demonstrate that the Safavid era was nevertheless a period of great literary and artistic activity in the realms of both secular and theological endeavour. With the establishment of comparable polities across western, southern and central Asia at broadly the same time, the book explores some of the literary and political interactions with Iran's Ottoman, Mughal and Uzbek neighbours. As the volume and frequency of European merchants and diplomats visiting Safavid Persia increased, especially in the seventeenth century, and as more Iranians recorded their own travel experiences to surrounding Muslim lands, the Safavid period is the first in which we can document and explore the contours of Iran's place in an expanding world, and gain insights into how Iranians saw themselves and others saw them.
The Safavid World
Author | : Rudi Matthee |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Iran |
ISBN | : 1138944068 |
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The Safavid World draws together scholars of Iranian history to explore every aspect of this fascinating dynasty and places the Safavids in a global context. The volume is divided into four parts, the first part adresses the question of the rise of the Safavids; their coming to power and their success in forging a religiously inspired polity that marked off Iran as the world¿s only Twelver-Shi`i state. Part two addresses social history, court life, military matters, religion and culture. Part three examines Safavid Iran¿s place in the world as viewed through its commercial and diplomatic ties with countries in Asia and Europe and lastly part four provides a glossary of names and terms.
Shahnameh
Author | : Firdawsī |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 936 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0670034851 |
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A new translation of the late-tenth-century Persian epic follows its story of pre-Islamic Iran's mythic time of Creation through the seventh-century Arab invasion, tracing ancient Persia's incorporation into an expanding Islamic empire. 15,000 first printing.
Safavid Persia in the Age of Empires
Author | : Charles Melville |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 496 |
Release | : 2021-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780755633791 |
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The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw the establishment of the new Safavid regime in Iran. Along with reuniting the Persian lands under one rule, the Safavids initiated the radical transformation of the religious landscape by introducing Imami Shi'ism as the official state faith and in this as in other ways, laying the foundations of Iran's modern identity. In this book, leading scholars of Iranian history, culture and politics examine the meaning of the idea of Iran in the Safavid period by examining contemporary experiences of both insiders and outsiders, asking how modern scholarship defines the distinctive features of the age. While sometimes viewed as a period of decline from the high points of classical Persian literature and the visual arts of preceding centuries, the chapters of this book demonstrate that the Safavid era was nevertheless a period of great literary and artistic activity in the realms of both secular and theological endeavour. With the establishment of comparable polities across western, southern and central Asia at broadly the same time, the book explores some of the literary and political interactions with Iran's Ottoman, Mughal and Uzbek neighbours. As the volume and frequency of European merchants and diplomats visiting Safavid Persia increased, especially in the seventeenth century, and as more Iranians recorded their own travel experiences to surrounding Muslim lands, the Safavid period is the first in which we can document and explore the contours of Iran's place in an expanding world, and gain insights into how Iranians saw themselves and others saw them.
The Empires of the Near East and India
Author | : Hani Khafipour |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 1103 |
Release | : 2019-05-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780231547840 |
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In the early modern world, the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires sprawled across a vast swath of the earth, stretching from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. The diverse and overlapping literate communities that flourished in these three empires left a lasting legacy on the political, religious, and cultural landscape of the Near East and India. This volume is a comprehensive sourcebook of newly translated texts that shed light on the intertwined histories and cultures of these communities, presenting a wide range of source material spanning literature, philosophy, religion, politics, mysticism, and visual art in thematically organized chapters. Scholarly essays by leading researchers provide historical context for closer analyses of a lesser-known era and a framework for further research and debate. The volume aims to provide a new model for the study and teaching of the region’s early modern history that stands in contrast to the prevailing trend of examining this interconnected past in isolation.
Persian Pottery in the First Global Age
Author | : Lisa Golombek,Robert B. Mason,Patricia Proctor,Eileen Reilly |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 525 |
Release | : 2013-12-09 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9789004260924 |
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Persian Pottery in the First Global Age: the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries studies the ceramic industry of Iran in the Safavid period (1501–1732) and the impact which the influx of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, heightened by the activities of the English and Dutch East Indies Companies after c. 1700, had on local production. The multidisciplinary approach of the authors (Lisa Golombek, Robert B. Mason, Patricia Proctor, Eileen Reilly) leads to a reconstruction of the narrative about Safavid pottery and revises commonly accepted notions. The book includes easily accessible reference charts to assist in dating and provenancing Safavid pottery on the basis of diagnostic motifs, potters’ marks, petrofabrics, shapes, and Chinese models.