The Adventures of Shāh Esmāʿil

The Adventures of Shāh Esmāʿil
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 509
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ISBN-10 : 9789004383531
ISBN-13 : 9004383530
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Book Synopsis The Adventures of Shāh Esmāʿil by : Barry Wood

Download or read book The Adventures of Shāh Esmāʿil written by Barry Wood and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adventures of Shāh Esmāʿil recounts the dramatic formative years of the Safavid empire (1501–1722), as preserved in Iranian popular memory by coffeehouse storytellers and written down in manuscripts starting in the late seventeenth century. Beginning with the Safavids’ saintly ancestors in Ardabil, the story goes on to relate the conquests of Shāh Esmāʿil (r. 1501–1524) and his devoted Qezelbāsh followers as they battle Torkmāns, Uzbeks, Ottomans, and even Georgians and Ethiopians in their quest to establish a Twelver Shiʿi realm. Barry Wood’s translation brings out the verve and popular tone of the Persian text. A heady mixture of history and legend, The Adventures of Shāh Esmāʿil sheds important light on the historical self-awareness of late Safavid Iran.


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