Shah Abbas the ruthless king who became an Iranian legend /

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Blow, David
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Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
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Cyhoeddwyd: London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • 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.