New Perspectives On Safavid Iran Empire And Society Colin Paul Mitchell by Colin Paul Mitchell 9780415774628, 9780203854631, 9781138789258, 9781136991943, 0415774624, 0203854632, 1138789259, 1136991948 instant download after payment.

List of illustrations p. vii List of contributors p. ix Acknowledgments p. xi Frontispiece Roger M. Savory p. xii Bibliography of Roger M. Savory, 1960-2007 p. xiii 1 Introduction Colin P. Mitchell p. 1 Part I Safavid courtly narrative and politico-cultural practice p. 7 2 The binding pledge (möchälgä): a Chinggisid practice and its survival in Safavid Iran Maria E. Subtelny p. 9 3 The form, appearance, and decoration in the letters of the Safavid kings Iraj Afshar p. 30 4 Am I my brother's keeper? Negotiating corporate sovereignty and divine absolutism in sixteenth-century Turco-Iranian politics Colin P. Mitchell p. 33 5 Complex goals of the Ottomans, Persians, and Muscovites in the Caucasus, 1578-1640 Carl Max Kortepeter p. 59 6 Cultural currents in the Turco-Persian world of Safavid and post-Safavid times John R. Perry p. 84 7 From the battlefield to the harem: did women's seclusion increase from early to late Safavid times? Rudi Matthee p. 97 Part II Safavid aesthetics p. 121 8 A Safavid bottle with matchlock hunt in the Royal Ontario Museum Lisa Golombek p. 123 9 Reminiscences of the Maidan-i Shah Ali Asghar Bakhtiar p. 150 10 The illustration of history in Safavid manuscript painting Charles Melville p. 163 11 Coordinates in space and time: architectural chronograms in Safavid Iran Paul Losensky p. 198 Index.