TY  - BOOK
AU  - Floor,Willem M
TI  - Safavid government institutions
SN  - 1568591357
AV  - JQ1785 .F56 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Costa Mesa, Calif.
PB  - Mazda Publishers
KW  - Iran
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - History
KW  - Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-293) and index; Contents;  	Foreword	; 1	Organization of the Central Government	;  	 	Geographical extent of the kingdom	;  	 	Organization of the Central Government	;  	 	Vakil	;  	 	Emir al-Omara Or Sepahsalar	;  	 	Grand vizier	;  	 	The Role of the Royal Council	;  	 	Who were the grand viziers?	;  	 	The Divan-e a'la or Royal Chancellery	;  	 	The Daftar-khaneh	;  	 	Dar al-Ensha	;  	 	Monshi al-Mamalek	;  	 	Majles-Nevis	;  	 	The Staff of the Dar al-Ensha	;  	 	Three Bureaucratic Administrative Procedural Periods	;  	 	Seals	;  	 	Mohrdar	;  	 	Who Were the Mohrdars?	;  	 	Where Were the Seals Kept?	;  	 	The Mohrdar's Staff	; 2	The Organization of the Provincial Government	;  	 	Vali	;  	 	Emir	;  	 	Aqa	;  	 	The Royal Vizier	;  	 	Darugheh or Military Governor	; 3	Organization of the Army	;  	 	The Army under Esma'il I	;  	 	Non-Turkman Army Elemens Important	;  	 	The Army in Numbers	;  	 	Beginnings of Reforms Under Shah Tahmasb I	;  	 	Reforms Under Shah 'Abbas I	;  	 	The Qurchis	;  	 	Composition of the Qurchi Corps	;  	 	The Qurchi-bashi	;  	 	Qurchian-e Molazem or Qurchis-in-Waiting	;  	 	Qurchiyan-e Yaraq	;  	 	Qurchian-e 'Ezam or the Rank and Files	;  	 	Qurchis Assigned to Princes	;  	 	Qurchis also in Service of Magnates	;  	 	Recruitment of Qurchis	;  	 	Qurchis Different from Qezelbash	;  	 	Administration and Payment of Qurchis	;  	 	Dress and Equipments of the Qurchis	;  	 	Functions of the Qurchis	;  	 	Qurchis and the Sah-loyalty and Self-importance	;  	 	The Number of Qurchis	;  	 	Military Reforms Change Status of Qurchis	;  	 	Role of Qurchi-bashi Grows in Importance	;  	 	The Demise of the Qurchi Corps	;  	 	The Qollar or Gholams	;  	 	Organization of Gholams	;  	 	Tofangchis	;  	 	The Tupchis	;  	 	The Navy	;  	 	The Development of the Army (1590-1722)	;  	 	Milirat Dress, Arms, and Equipment	;  	 	Arms	;  	 	War	;  	 	The Tovachi-bashi	;  	 	Military Tactics	;  	 	Food and Fodder	;  	 	On the March	;  	 	Rules of War	;  	 	Battle Formation	;  	 	Charkhchis	;  	 	Charkhchi-bashi	;  	 	Role of Music	;  	 	Siege Operation	;  	 	The Army's Homecoming	;  	Afterword	;  	Bibliography	;  	Index
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