The Politics Of Trade In Safavid Iran

Author : Rudolph P. Matthee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999-12-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521641314

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The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran by Rudolph P. Matthee Pdf

Using a wide range of archival and written sources, Rudi Matthee considers the economic, social and political networks established between Iran, its neighbours and the world at large, through the prism of the late Safavid silk trade. In so doing, he demonstrates how silk, a resource crucial to state revenue and the only commodity to span Iran's entire economic activity, was integral to aspects of late Safavid society, including its approach to commerce, export routes and, importantly, to the political and economic problems which contributed to its collapse in the early 1700s. In a challenge to traditional scholarship, the author argues that despite the introduction of a maritime, western-dominated channel, Iran's traditional land-based silk export continued to expand right up to the end of the seventeenth century. The book makes a major theoretical contribution to the debates on the social and economic history of the pre-modern world.

Author : C. Melville
Publisher : I. B. Tauris
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015041010581

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Safavid Persia by C. Melville Pdf

The Safavids ruled Persia for nearly two and a half centuries. This study is divided into two sections, the first of which includes studies on the historiography and the religious politics of the period. The second section covers such subjects as trade, an

Author : Rudi Matthee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857731814

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Persia in Crisis by Rudi Matthee Pdf

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation The decline and fall of Safavid Iran is traditionally seen as the natural outcome of the unrelieved political stagnation and moral degeneration which characterised late Safavid Iran. "Persia in Crisis" challenges this view. In this ground-breaking new book, Rudi Matthee revisits traditional sources and introduces new ones to take a fresh look at Safavid Iran in the century preceding the fall of Isfahan in 1722, which brought down the dynasty and ushered in a long period of turbulence in Iranian history. Inherently vulnerable because of the country's physical environment, its tribal makeup and a small economic base, the Safavid state was fatally weakened over the course of the seventeenth century. Matthee views Safavid Iran as a network of precarious alliances subject to perpetual negotiation and the society they ruled as an uneasy balance between conflicting forces. In the later seventeenth century this delicate balance shifted from cohesion to fragmentation. An increasingly detached, palace-bound shah; a weakening link between the capital and the outlying provinces; the regime's neglect of the military and its shortsighted monetary policies combined to exacerbate rather than redress existing problems, leaving the country with a ruler too feeble to hold factionalism and corruption in check and a military unable to defend its borders against outside attack by Ottomans and Afghans. The scene was set for the Crisis of 1722. This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of Iranian history and the period that led to two hundred years of decline and eclipse for Iran.

Author : Willem M. Floor
Publisher : Dr Ludwig Reichert
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : 389500166X

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The Economy of Safavid Persia by Willem M. Floor Pdf

Although there are some studies which deal with particular economic issues there has not - until now - been a study dealing with the Safavid economy as a system per se. The objective of this study is therefore to provide a reference work on this subject. Through the analysis of the economy's structure and of its individual sectors and operators the author provides a better understanding of the Safavid's State's economic dimension. Willem Floor describes the economic context of the country's social, cultural, religious, and political development. As such, this book will offer historians of various fields (area and sector specialists, those dealing in comparative studies) as well as readers interested in knowledge and foreign parts a better understanding of the constraints under which the government of Safavid Persia and its people had to operate. This context is not only important for the understanding of the inner working of the country and its institutions itself, but also in relation to its foreign trading partners, including, as of the early 1500s, European traders.

Author : Hooshang Jabbari
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015057639844

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Trade and Commerce Between Iran and India During the Safavid Period (1505-1707) by Hooshang Jabbari Pdf

Author : Rudi Matthee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Iran
ISBN : 1138944068

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The Safavid World by Rudi Matthee Pdf

The Safavid World draws together scholars of Iranian history to explore every aspect of this fascinating dynasty and places the Safavids in a global context. The volume is divided into four parts, the first part adresses the question of the rise of the Safavids; their coming to power and their success in forging a religiously inspired polity that marked off Iran as the world¿s only Twelver-Shi`i state. Part two addresses social history, court life, military matters, religion and culture. Part three examines Safavid Iran¿s place in the world as viewed through its commercial and diplomatic ties with countries in Asia and Europe and lastly part four provides a glossary of names and terms.

Author : Thomas M. Ricks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Iran
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037310898

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Politics and Trade in Southern Iran and the Gulf, 1745-1765 by Thomas M. Ricks Pdf

Author : Colin P. Mitchell
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1780760965

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The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran by Colin P. Mitchell Pdf

The Safavid dynasty originated as a fledgling apocalyptic mystical movement based in Iranian Azarbaijan, and grew into a large, cosmopolitan Irano-Islamic empire stretching from Baghdad to Herat. Here, Colin P. Mitchell examines how the Safavid state introduced and molded a unique and vibrant political discourse, reflecting the social and religious heterogeneity of sixteenth-century Iran. Beginning with the millenarian-minded Shah Isma'il and concluding with the autocrat par excellence, Shah Abbas, Mitchell explores the phenomenon of state-sponsored rhetoric. A thorough investigation of the Safavid state and the significance of rhetoric, power and religion in its functioning, The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran is indispensable for all those interested in Iranian history and politics and Middle East studies.

Author : Sussan Babaie,Kathryn Babayan,Ina Baghdiantz-MacCabe,Mussumeh Farhad
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1788310861

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Slaves of the Shah by Sussan Babaie,Kathryn Babayan,Ina Baghdiantz-MacCabe,Mussumeh Farhad Pdf

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.

Author : Junko Thérèse Takeda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1789622255

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Iran and a French Empire of Trade, 1700-1808 by Junko Thérèse Takeda Pdf

Iran and a French Empire of Trade examines the understudied topic of Franco-Persian relations in the long eighteenth century to highlight how rising tensions among Eurasian empires and revolutions in the Atlantic world were profoundly intertwined. Conflicts between Persia, Turkey, India and Russia, and European weapons-dealing with these empires occurred against a backdrop of climate change and food insecurities that destabilized markets. Takeda shows how the French state relied on "entrepreneurial imperialism" to extend commercial activities eastwards beyond the Mediterranean during this time, from Louis XIV's reign to Napoleon Bonaparte's First Empire. Organized as a collection of microhistories, her study showcases a colourful set of characters--rogue merchants from Marseille, a gambling house madam, a naturalized Greek-French drogman, and a bi-cultural Genevan-Persian consul, among others--to demonstrate how individuals on the fringes of French society spearheaded projects to foster ties between France and Persia. Considering the Enlightenment as a product of a connected world, Takeda investigates how trans-imperial adventurers, merchants, consuls, and informants negotiated treaties, traded commodities and arms, transferred knowledge, and introduced industrial practices from Asia to Europe. And she shows the surprising ways in which Enlightenment debates about regime changes from the Safavid to Qajar dynasties and Persia's borderland wars shaped French ideas about revolution andpolicies related to empire-building.

Author : Rudi Matthee,Willem Floor,Patrick Clawson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857733535

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The Monetary History of Iran by Rudi Matthee,Willem Floor,Patrick Clawson Pdf

The monetary history of a country provides important insights into its economic development, as well as its political and social history. This book is the first detailed study of Iran's monetary history from the advent of the Safavid dynasty in 1501 to the end of Qajar rule in 1925. Using an array of previously unpublished sources in ten languages, the authors consider the specific monetary conditions in Iran's modern history, covering the use of ready money and its circulation, the changing conditions of the country's mints and the role of the state in managing money. Throughout the book, the authors also consider the larger regional and global economic context within which the Iranian economy operated. As the first study of Iran's monetary history, this book will be essential reading for researchers of Iranian and economic history.

Author : Edmund Herzig,Willem Floor
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1850439303

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Iran and the World in the Safavid Age by Edmund Herzig,Willem Floor Pdf

Published in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation.

Author : Colin P. Mitchell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857715883

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The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran by Colin P. Mitchell Pdf

The Safavid dynasty originated as a fledgling apocalyptic mystical movement based in Iranian Azarbaijan, and grew into a large, cosmopolitan Irano-Islamic empire stretching from Baghdad to Herat. Here, Colin P. Mitchell examines how the Safavid state introduced and moulded a unique and vibrant political discourse, reflecting the social and religious heterogeneity of sixteenth-century Iran. Beginning with the millenarian-minded Shah Isma'il and concluding with the autocrat par excellence, Shah Abbas, Mitchell explores the phenomenon of state-sponsored rhetoric. A thorough investigation of the Safavid state and the significance of rhetoric, power and religion in its functioning, The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran is indispensable for all those interested in Iranian history and politics and Middle East studies.

Author : Colin P. Mitchell
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136991943

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New Perspectives on Safavid Iran by Colin P. Mitchell Pdf

Dedicated to the renowned Safavid historian Roger Savory, this book brings together a collection of studies on the Safavid state of Iran (1501-1722) from the perspectives of political, social, literary, and artistic history. Savory, a doyen of Safavid studies in the 1960s and 1970s, was responsible for expanding and popularizing the study of Iran in the 16th and 17th century. To celebrate this legacy, well-established scholars of medieval and early modern Iran have contributed specific studies reflecting an array of research interests and specializations, which include critical re-examinations of issues of gender, literature, art and architecture, cultural and linguistic currents, illustrated historical chronicles, and courtly and administrative practices under the Safavid dynasty. This unique compilation is indicative of a growing interest in Iran and Iranian studies in both the academic and public spheres, and as such contains a number of new perspectives which will serve to supplement and re-interpret the existing corpus of Safavid scholarly literature to date. It will be an important text for scholars of world history and Middle East studies, as well as to historians in general.

Author : Andrew J. Newman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857716613

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Safavid Iran by Andrew J. Newman Pdf

The Safavid dynasty, which reigned from the late fifteenth to the eighteenth century, links medieval with modern Iran. The Safavids witnessed wide-ranging developments in politics, warfare, science, philosophy, religion, art and architecture. But how did this dynasty manage to produce the longest lasting and most glorious of Iran's Islamic-period eras?Andrew Newman offers a complete re-evaluation of the Safavid place in history as they presided over these extraordinary developments and the wondrous flowering of Iranian culture. In the process, he dissects the Safavid story, from before the 1501 capture of Tabriz by Shah Ismail (1488-1524), the point at which Shiism became the realm's established faith; on to the sixteenth and early seventeenth century dominated by Shah Abbas (1587-1629), whose patronage of art and architecture from his capital of Isfahan embodied the Safavid spirit; and culminating with the reign of Sultan Husayn (reg. 1694-1722).Based on meticulous scholarship, Newman offers a valuable new interpretation of the rise of the Safavids and their eventual demise in the eighteenth century. "Safavid Iran," with its fresh insights and new research, is the definitive single volume work on the subject.