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050	0	4	_aDS292 _b.N39 2006
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100	1		_aNewman, Andrew J.
245	1	0	_aSafavid Iran : _brebirth of a Persian empire / _cAndrew J. Newman.
264		1	_aLondon ; _bI.B. Tauris ; _c2006.
264		2	_aNew York : _bDistributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave Macmillan, _c2006.
300			_axi, 281 pages : _bmaps ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aLibrary of Middle East history ; _vv. 5.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references in notes (pages 145-264) and index.
505	0	0	_tLaying the foundations : Ismail I (1488-1524) _t-- Reconfiguration and consolidation : the reign of Tahmasp (1524-1576) _t-- The second civil war : Ismail II (1576-1577) and Khudabanda (1578-1587) _t-- Monumental challenges and monumental responses : the reign of Abbas I (1587-1629) _t-- Shifts at the centre and a peace dividend : Shah Safi (1629-1642) _t-- The peace dividend consolidated : Shah Abbas II (1642-1666) _t-- Meeting the challenges : Shah Sulayman (1666/68-1694) _t-- Denouement or defeat : the reign of Shah Sultan Husayn (1694-1722) _t-- Epilogue : poetry and politics--the multiplicity of Safavid discourse.
520	1		_a"Andrew Newman offers a complete re-evaluation of the dynasty's place in history as it presided over these extraordinary developments and the wondrous flowering of Iranian culture. Safavid longevity, in Newman's analysis, derived from the success of court efforts both to give voice to the interests and 'agendas' of its many different groups of subjects and to portray the shah as the simultaneous spokesman for, and transcendent ruler over, the entire nation. Twelver Shi'ism emerges as a contested arena in this process but less intolerant than is often supposed." "Throughout, Newman questions the continued reliance on frequently contradictory and unevenly informed contemporary European accounts and on Persian language sources often written well after the events in question. Based on meticulous scholarship, he shows the extraordinary development and achievement of the period and offers a valuable new interpretation of the eventual demise of the Safavids in the eighteenth century."--Jacket.
600	3	0	_aSafavid family.
651		0	_aIran _xHistory _yṢafavid dynasty, 1501-1736.
830		0	_9109509 _aLibrary of Middle East history ; _vv. 5.
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