Description: Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran : Power, Religion and Rhetoric, Hardcover by Mitchell, Colin Paul, ISBN 1845118901, ISBN-13 9781845118907, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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 Mitchell examines how the Safavid state introduced and moulded a unique and vibrant political discourse which reflected 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. He focuses on the large corpus of epistles, letters and missives produced by a developed Safavid chancellery which show how the Safavids forged and negotiated their political and religious sovereignty in a diverse and complex environment. 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 as well as the wider world of Middle East studies.
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Book Title: Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran : Power, Religion and Rhetor
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran : Power, Religion and Rhetoric
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: History & Theory, International Relations / General, World / Middle Eastern, Middle East / Iran, History
Item Weight: 21.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Colin P. Mitchell
Subject Area: Religion, Political Science, History
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: British Institute of Persian Studies
Format: Hardcover
