Iran and the World in the Safavid Age

Informationen zum Autor Edmund Herzig is a Senior Lecturer in Persian Studies at the University of Manchester. He specialises in the history of Iran during the Safavid and contemporary periods! as well as the Caucasus and Central Asia. He is currently co-editing The Cambridge History of Inner Asia: The Modern Age. Willem Floor is an independent scholar specialising in the history of Iran in the Safavid and modern ages. His recent publications include 'The Persian Textile Industry in Historical Perspective! 1500-1925'! 'A Fiscal History of Iran in the Safavid and Qajar Periods! 1500-1925' and 'Safavid Government Institutions'. Klappentext The Safavid era is of special significance in the history of Iran. Under the Safavids - between the sixteenth and the mid-eighteenth century - Iran was transformed and a state emerged which was the forerunner of the Iran of today in several important ways. This book presents the research into Safavid Iran's foreign relations.

Product details

• Authors: Willem Floor
• Assisted by: Willem Floor (Editor), Edmund Herzig (Editor)
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2012
• EAN: 9781850439301
• ISBN: 978-1-85043-930-1
• No. of pages: 672
• Series: International Library of Irani; International Library of Irani
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous