Shah Abbas the ruthless king who became an Iranian legend /

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Main Author: Blow, David
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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245 1 0 |a Shah Abbas  |h [electronic resource] :  |b the ruthless king who became an Iranian legend /  |c David Blow. 
260 |a London ;  |a New York :  |b I.B. Tauris ;  |a New York :  |b Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan,  |c 2009. 
300 |a xiv, 274 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill. (some col.). 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-268) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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600 0 0 |a ʻAbbās  |b I,  |c Shah of Iran,  |d 1571-1629. 
651 0 |a Iran  |x Kings and rulers  |v Biography. 
651 0 |a Iran  |x History  |y Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736. 
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