Download or read book Isfahan and its Palaces written by Sussan Babaie and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated history of Safavid Isfahan (1501-1722) explores the architectural and urban forms and networks of socio-cultural action that reflected a distinctly early-modern and Perso-Shi'i practice of kingship.