Iran and the world in the Safavid age / William Floor and Edmund Herzig (editions.)

Published in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation

Includes bibliographical references and index

Table Of Contents: List Of Illustrations List Of Contributors 1 Introduction / Edmund Herzig, Willem Floor Part I The Safavid Empire In The Early Modern World 2 The Safavid Empire And The Sixteenth- And Seventeenth-Century Political And Strategic Balance Of Power Within The World System / Bert Fragner 3 The Safavid Economy As Part Of The World Economy / Rudi Matthee Part II Diplomacy And War 4 The Political Relations Of Shah Esmall I With The Mamluk Government (1501-16/907-22) / Rasool Jafarian 5 From Rhetoric Of War To Realities Of Peace: The Evolution Of Ottoman-Iranian Diplomacy Through The Safavid Era / Ernest Tucker 6 The Battle Of Sufiyan, 1605: A Symptom Of Ottoman Military Decline? / Colin Imber 7 An Infernal Triangle: The Contest Between Mughals, Safavids And Portuguese, 1590-1605 / San Jay Subrahmanyam 8 The Shaybanid Uzbeks, Moghuls And Safavids In Eastern Iran / Barat Dahmardeh 9 Safavid Persia And Its Diplomatic Relations With Venice / Giorgio Rota 10 The Embassy Of Don Garcia De Silva Y Figueroa To Shah 'Abbas I / Luis Gil 11 The Holy See, The Spanish Monarchy And Safavid Persia In The Sixteenth Century: Some Aspects Of The Involvement Of The Society Of Jesus / Enrique Garcia Hernán Part III Commercial Connections 12 Arduous Travelling: The Qandahar-Isfahan Highway In The Seventeenth Century / Willem Floor 13 Trade Between The Ottomans And Safavids: The Acem Tüccari And Others / Suraiya Faroqhi 14 Sweden, Russia And The Safavid Empire: A Mercantile Perspective / Stefan Troebst 15 The Armenian Colony In Amsterdam In The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Centuries: Armenian Merchants From Julfa Before And After The Fall Of The Safavid Empire / René Arthur Bekius 16 Sarhad's Account-Book As A Source For Studying The Commercial Activities Of New Julfa Merchants In The Eighteenth Century / Shushanik Khachikyan Part IV Cross-Cultural Perceptions And Exchange 17 Mapping The Regnum Sophorum: Adam Olearius's Representation Of The Safavid Empire (1647) / Elio Brancaforte 18 The French Presence In Safavid Persia: A Preliminary Study / Jean Calmard 19 The Presence Of Ancient Secular And Religious Texts In Pietro Della Valle's (1586-1652): Unpublished And Printed Writings / Sonja Brentjes 20 The Image Of The Safavids In English And French Literature (1500-1800) / Parvin Loloi 21 Farang, Farangi And Farangestan: Safavid Historiography And The West (907-1148/1501-1736) / Mansur Sefatgol 22 The Augustinians In Hormuz (1573-1622) / Carlos Alonso Vanes 23 European Catholic Missionary Propaganda Among The Armenian Population Of Safavid Iran / Kristine Kostikyan 24 The Safavid Presence In The Indian Ocean: A Reappraisal Of The Ship Of Solayman, A Seventeenth-Century Travel Account To Siam / Christoph Marcinkowski 25 The Safavid Potter At The Crossroad Of Styles / Yolande Crowe 26 European Religious Iconography In Safavid Iran: Decoration And Patronage Of Meydani Bet'ghehem (Bethlehem Of The Maydan) / Amy S. Landau 27 Borrowed Terminology And Shared Techniques In New Julfa Armenian Commercial Documents / Edmund Herzig Part V The Caucasus: The Internal Frontier? 28 On The History Of The Political Relations Of Safavid Iran And Georgia: King Luarsab II And His Captivity In Iran / Grigol Beradze 29 Exploitation Of The Frontier: The Caucasus Policy Of Shah 'Abbas I / Hirotake Maeda 30 Iranian-Georgian Relations During The Reign Of Rostom (1633-58) / Nana Gelashvili Index