The Safavid dynasty, which reigned from the late fifteenth to the eighteenth century, links medieval with modern Iran. The Safavids witnessed wide-ranging devel

Iran Under the Safavids aims at providing, in non-technical language, a comprehensive history of the Safavid dynasty.

Between 1453 and 1526 Muslims founded three major states in the Mediterranean, Iran and South Asia: respectively the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires. By th

The Safavids ruled Persia for nearly two and a half centuries. This study is divided into two sections, the first of which includes studies on the historiograph

The Safavid World brings together thirty chapters on many aspects of the complex Safavid state, 1501–1722. With the latest insights and arguments, some offer