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Iran, biography, Kings and rulers, Iran, history, Biography, HistoryShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Shah Abbas: the ruthless king who became an Iranian legend
2009, I.B. Tauris, Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan
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Shah Abbas: the ruthless king who became an Iranian legend
2009, I.B. Tauris, Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan
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Table of Contents
Shah Abbas's inheritance : the birth of a Shi'i state
A turbulent childhood and the seizure of power
Abbas takes control
The recovery of Khurasan from the Uzbeks
English adventurers at the service of Shah Abbas
Maintaining the offensive : Khurasan, the Persian Gulf, and a challenge to the Ottomans
Abbas expels the Ottomans
The search for European allies
Pressure on the Gulf, mass deportations, and the murder of a son
An Anglo-Iranian victory : the capture of Hormuz
Final triumphs : the capture of Qandahar and Baghdad
A conflict of envoys
The English envoys and the death of Abbas
Abbas, the man and the king
The court of Shah Abbas
The throne and mosque alliance
The city that was half the world
The merchant king
Shah Abbas and the arts
The later Safavids
Conclusion.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-268) and index.
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