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Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan
Rudi Matthee
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Hardback. The decline and fall of Safavid Iran is traditionally seen as the natural outcome of the unrelieved political stagnation and moral degeneration which characterised late Safavid Iran. This book challenges this view. It takes a fresh look at Safavid Iran in the century preceding the fall of Isfahan in 1722, which brought down the dynasty. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 maps, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 38. Weight in Grams: 816.
I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation The decline and fall of Safavid Iran is traditionally seen as the natural outcome of the unrelieved political stagnation and moral degeneration which characterised late Safavid Iran. "Persia in Crisis" challenges this view. In this ground-breaking new book, Rudi Matthee revisits traditional sources and introduces new ones to take a fresh look at Safavid Iran in the century preceding the fall of Isfahan in 1722, which brought down the dynasty and ushered in a long period of turbulence in Iranian history. Inherently vulnerable because of the country's physical environment, its tribal ... Read more
I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation The decline and fall of Safavid Iran is traditionally seen as the natural outcome of the unrelieved political stagnation and moral degeneration which characterised late Safavid Iran. "Persia in Crisis" challenges this view. In this ground-breaking new book, Rudi Matthee revisits traditional sources and introduces new ones to take a fresh look at Safavid Iran in the century preceding the fall of Isfahan in 1722, which brought down the dynasty and ushered in a long period of turbulence in Iranian history. Inherently vulnerable because of the country's physical environment, its tribal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
International Library of Iranian Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845117450
SKU
V9781845117450
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About Rudi Matthee
Rudi Matthee is Professor of History at the University of Delaware. His previous publications include The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900 and The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver, 1600-1730.
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