The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

by Stephen Dale and Stephen F. Dale

Book Overview

Between 1453 and 1526 Muslims founded three major states in the Mediterranean, Iran and South Asia: respectively the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires. By the early seventeenth century their descendants controlled territories that encompassed much of the Muslim world, stretching from the Balkans and North Africa to the Bay of Bengal and including a combined population of between 130 and 160 million people. This book is the first comparative study...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521691427
• ISBN13: 9780521691420
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"