
Slaves of the Shah
New Elites of Safavid Iran
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 23. October 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-78831-086-4 (ISBN)
Description
The Safavid dynasty represented the pinnacle of Iran's power and influence in its early modern history. The evidence of this - the creation of a nation state, military expansion and success, economic dynamism and the exquisite art and architecture of the period is well-known. What is less understood is the extent to which the Safavid success depended on an elite originating from outside Iran: the slaves of Caucasian descent and the Armenian merchants of Isfahan. This book describes how these elites, following their conversion to Islam, helped to transform Isfahan's urban, artistic and social landscape.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
16pp colour plates
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
368 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78831-086-4 (9781788310864)
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Sussan Babaie is the Assistant Professor of Islamic Art History at the University of Michigan. Kathryn Babayan is Associate Professor at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe holds the Jafarian Darakjian Chair in Armenian History at Tufts University. Massumeh Farhad is the Associate Curator of Islamic Art, Freer Gallery of Art/ Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C
Content
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration and Usage xiii
1 Slaves of the Shah
Sussan Babaie, Kathryn Babayan,
Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe, Massumeh Farhad
2 The Safavid Household Reconfigured:
Concubines, Eunuchs and Military Slaves
Kathryn Babayan
3 Armenian Merchants and Slaves: Financing
the Safavid Treasury
Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe
4 Launching from Isfahan: Slaves and the
Construction of the Empire
Sussan Babaie
5 Military Slaves in the Provinces: Collecting
and Shaping the Arts
Massumeh Farhad
Appendix
Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration and Usage xiii
1 Slaves of the Shah
Sussan Babaie, Kathryn Babayan,
Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe, Massumeh Farhad
2 The Safavid Household Reconfigured:
Concubines, Eunuchs and Military Slaves
Kathryn Babayan
3 Armenian Merchants and Slaves: Financing
the Safavid Treasury
Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe
4 Launching from Isfahan: Slaves and the
Construction of the Empire
Sussan Babaie
5 Military Slaves in the Provinces: Collecting
and Shaping the Arts
Massumeh Farhad
Appendix