Shah Abbas the ruthless king who became an Iranian legend /
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| Formaat: | Elektronisch E-boek |
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London ; New York : New York :
I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.
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Inhoudsopgave:
- 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.