Safavid Iran Rebirth of a Persian Empire

Name: Safavid Iran Rebirth of a Persian Empire
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ISBN: 9781845118303

ISBN-10: 1845118308

ISBN-13: 9781845118303

Edition: 2008

Authors: Andrew J. Newman

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The Safavid dynasty, which reigned from the late fifteenth to the eighteenth century, links medieval with modern Iran. The Safavids witnessed wide-ranging developments in politics, warfare, science, philosophy, religion, art and architecture. But how did this dynasty manage to produce the longest lasting and most glorious of Iran's Islamic-period eras?Andrew Newman offers a complete re-evaluation of the Safavid place in history as they presided over these extraordinary developments and the wondrous flowering of Iranian culture. In the process, he dissects the Safavid story, from before the 1501 capture of Tabriz by Shah Ismail (1488-1524), the point at which Shi`ism became the realm's…

Book details

List price: $35.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Publication date: 12/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Andrew J. Newman is Lecturer in Islamic Studies and Persian in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh.