Slaves of the Shah : new elites of Safavid Iran /
The Savafid dynasty represented, in political, cultural and economic terms the pinnacle of Iran's power and influence in its early modern history. The evidence for this -the creation of a nation state, military expansion and success, economic dynamism and the exquisite art and architecture of t...
| Автор-организации: | Conference on Iranian Studies |
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| Други автори: | Babaie, Sussan. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London :
I.B. Tauris,
2004.
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| Серия: |
Library of Middle East history ;
v. 3. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=125783 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Slaves of the Shah. |
| Резюме: |
The Savafid dynasty represented, in political, cultural and economic terms the pinnacle of Iran's power and influence in its early modern history. The evidence for 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 - and was a product of - a class of elite originating from outside Iran: the slaves of Caucasian descent and the Armenian merchants of New Julfa in the city of Isfahan. It was these groups, bolstered. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
"Our panel was entitled "New Elites of Isfahan: Patronage, Aesthetics and Power in Safavid Iran", Second Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies (SIS/AIIS), Washington DC, May 1998".--p.149. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
1417582391 9781417582396 9781860647215 1860647219 9780857716866 0857716867 1282529463 9781282529465 |