Slaves of the Shah
New Elites of Safavid Iran
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Publication
2004-09-23 - I. B. Tauris
Language
English
Word Count
54,500 words, Guess
Page Count
218 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveslavesshahneweli00baba
- ISBN-101860647219
- ISBN-139781860647215
- Goodreads224622
- Open LibraryOL8627236M
Description
"The Safavid dynasty represented the pinnacle of Iran's power and influence in its early modern history. The evidence of this-- the creation of a nation state, military expansion and success, economic dynamism, and the exquisite art and architecture of the period -- is well-known. What is less understood is the extent to which the Safavid success depended on an elite originating from outside Iran: the slaves of Caucasian descent and the Armenian merchants of Isfahan. This book describes how these elites, following their conversion to Islam, helped to transform Isfahan's urban, artistic and social landscape."
First Sentence
Our collaboration dates back to the symposium 'The Marketplace of Identities: Cross-Cultural Themes in Seventeenth-century Isfahan', held at the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities in January 1996.
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