A Journey to Persia: Portrait of a Seventeenth-Century Empire

by Ronald W. Ferrier and Jean Chardin

""Isfahan is half the world"" was the proud boast of the 17th-century capital of Persia, established as the new political centre of the country by Shah Abbas I shortly after his accession to the throne in 1588.

One of the many travellers attracted to Persia by these claims was Jean Chardin, a young French jeweller who spent a total of 10 years in Isfahan. During this time, he became intimately familiar with the city, its markets, shops, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850435642
• ISBN13: 9781850435648
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.7" x 9.9"