000			03017nam a2200277 i 4500
008			010727s2001 cau b 001 0 eng
010			_a2001044454
020			_a1568591357 _c(pbk. : alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dC#P _dOUN _dBAUN _erda
049			_aBAUN_MERKEZ
050	0	4	_aJQ1785 _b.F56 2001
100	1		_aFloor, Willem M
245	1	0	_aSafavid government institutions / _cWillem Floor
264		1	_aCosta Mesa, Calif. : _bMazda Publishers, _c2001.
300			_ax, 311 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [285]-293) and index
505	0	0	_tContents _t Foreword _t1 Organization of the Central Government _t Geographical extent of the kingdom _t Organization of the Central Government _t Vakil _t Emir al-Omara Or Sepahsalar _t Grand vizier _t The Role of the Royal Council _t Who were the grand viziers? _t The Divan-e a'la or Royal Chancellery _t The Daftar-khaneh _t Dar al-Ensha _t Monshi al-Mamalek _t Majles-Nevis _t The Staff of the Dar al-Ensha _t Three Bureaucratic Administrative Procedural Periods _t Seals _t Mohrdar _t Who Were the Mohrdars? _t Where Were the Seals Kept? _t The Mohrdar's Staff _t2 The Organization of the Provincial Government _t Vali _t Emir _t Aqa _t The Royal Vizier _t Darugheh or Military Governor _t3 Organization of the Army _t The Army under Esma'il I _t Non-Turkman Army Elemens Important _t The Army in Numbers _t Beginnings of Reforms Under Shah Tahmasb I _t Reforms Under Shah 'Abbas I _t The Qurchis _t Composition of the Qurchi Corps _t The Qurchi-bashi _t Qurchian-e Molazem or Qurchis-in-Waiting _t Qurchiyan-e Yaraq _t Qurchian-e 'Ezam or the Rank and Files _t Qurchis Assigned to Princes _t Qurchis also in Service of Magnates _t Recruitment of Qurchis _t Qurchis Different from Qezelbash _t Administration and Payment of Qurchis _t Dress and Equipments of the Qurchis _t Functions of the Qurchis _t Qurchis and the Sah-loyalty and Self-importance _t The Number of Qurchis _t Military Reforms Change Status of Qurchis _t Role of Qurchi-bashi Grows in Importance _t The Demise of the Qurchi Corps _t The Qollar or Gholams _t Organization of Gholams _t Tofangchis _t The Tupchis _t The Navy _t The Development of the Army (1590-1722) _t Milirat Dress, Arms, and Equipment _t Arms _t War _t The Tovachi-bashi _t Military Tactics _t Food and Fodder _t On the March _t Rules of War _t Battle Formation _t Charkhchis _t Charkhchi-bashi _t Role of Music _t Siege Operation _t The Army's Homecoming _t Afterword _t Bibliography _t Index
651		0	_aIran _xPolitics and government
651		0	_aIran _xHistory _yṢafavid dynasty, 1501-1736
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