Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

Informationen zum Autor Stephen F. Dale is a Professor in the Department of History at Ohio State University. His previous publications include Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade 1600-1750 (Cambridge University Press, 1994) and The Garden of the Eight Paradises: Babur and the Culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India 1483-1530 (2004). Klappentext A comparative study of the politics! religion! and culture of the Ottoman! Safavid! and Mughal empires between 1300 and 1923. Zusammenfassung Between 1453 and 1526 Muslims founded three major states in the Mediterranean! Iran and South Asia: respectively the Ottoman! Safavid! and Mughal empires. This book is the first comparative study of the politics! religion! and culture of these three empires between 1300 and 1923. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. India, Iran and Anatolia, 10th-16th centuries; 2. The rise of Muslim empires; 3. The legitimacy of monarchs and the institutions of empires; 4. The economies in c.1600; 5. Imperial cultures; 6. Golden ages: profane and sacred empires; 7. Imperial culture in the golden age; 8. Quests for a phoenix.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen F. Dale, Stephen F. (Ohio State University) Dale, Stephen Frederic Dale
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.12.2009
• EAN: 9780521691420
• ISBN: 978-0-521-69142-0
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: New Approaches to Asian History; New Approaches to Asian History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous