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The Timurid Century Volume IX: The Idea of Iran

By Charles Melville (editor)

Book information

Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Year
2020
ISBN
9781838606169, 9781838606138
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5204622 bytes)
Pages
\222
Library
bloomsburycollections.com
Time added
2023-06-30 20:08:26

Description

The century after the conquests of Timur witnessed the division of eastern and western Iran between his Turko-Mongol successors, and a flowering of Persian culture in the great cities of Herat, Samarqand and Tabriz, among others. In this, the ninth volume in The Idea of Iran series, leading scholars analyse the ways that Timurid contemporaries viewed their traditions and their environment, asking questions such as: what was the view of outsiders, and how does modern scholarship define the distinctive aspects of the period? Essential reading for scholars, students, and all those interested in the history of Iran, the book considers the political, religious and cultural history of this rich and highly productive interval that was the springboard for the formation of new imperial Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal and Ozbek orders of succeeding centuries.

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