Persian Historiography Across Empires: The Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

by Sholeh Quinn

Persian served as one of the primary languages of historical writing over the period of the early modern Islamic empires of the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals. Historians writing under these empires read and cited each other's work, some moving from one empire to another, writing under different rival dynasties at various points in time. Emphasising the importance of looking beyond the confines of political boundaries in studying this phenomenon,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108842216
• ISBN13: 9781108842211
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"