New Perspectives on Safavid Iran: Empire and Society

ISBN-13: 9781138789258 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 230 str.

Colin P. Mitchell

Opis

Based around the three key themes - historiography, politics and economy, art and architecture - this collection examines the latest research on Safavid Iran.

Recenzje

"Undoubtedly, this Festschrift edited by Colin Mitchell and dedicated to Roger M. Savory makes a valuable and welcome contribution to the study of Safavid Iran... The book is aimed at a specialisted readership and clearly makes a significant contribution to Iranian studies." - Cleo Cantone, London, UK; Journal of Shi'a Islamic Studies, Winter 2012 Vol. V No. 1

Spis treści

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 16^th-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

O autorze

Colin P. Mitchell teaches and researches medieval and early modern Islamic history at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. He is primarily a researcher of the Safavid dynasty of Iran (1501-1722), but has also researched and published material dealing with Euro-Islamic contacts and relations in the early modern period.