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the ruthless king who became an Iranian legend

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I.B. Tauris, Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
274

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Subjects
Iran, biography, Kings and rulers, Iran, history, Biography, History

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London, New York, New York

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.

Genre
Biography

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
955.03092
Library of Congress
DS292.6 .B55 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 274 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
274

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23914276M
Internet Archive
shahabbasruthles00blow
ISBN 10
1845119894
ISBN 13
9781845119898
LCCN
2009464064

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August 28, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot associate with existing work
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November 23, 2009 Created by ImportBot Imported from Library of Congress MARC record.