Item #118021 The Cambridge History of Iran. Volume 6: The Timurid and Safavid Periods. Peter JACKSON, Laurence LOCKHART.

The Cambridge History of Iran. Volume 6: The Timurid and Safavid Periods

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1986.

Thick octavo, xxiv, 1087 pages with 7 maps, 16 illustrations and 6 tables plus 72 plates.

Cloth a little flecked and marked, with the spine lightly creased; personal bookplate; a very good copy (internally excellent).

'This volume covers the history of Iran from the collapse of the Il-Khanid empire (c. 1335) to the second quarter of the 18th century. The period is of special interest as one which, in the traditional view, witnessed the emergence of Iran as a "national state". It is in the latter half of this era that moderate Shi'ism acquired the definitive hold on the country which has been maintained to the present day, and which helps to differentiate Iran from the other Islamic states of south-west Asia. In addition to chapters on commercial and diplomatic contacts with Europe - contacts usually fortified by a common hostility to the Ottoman Turks - which became prominent from the 16th century, the volume contains chapters on social and economic history, the arts and architecture, the exact sciences, religion, philosophy and literature' (publisher's website).

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