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The Safavid Dynasty
Last broadcast January 12, 2012, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Safavid Dynasty, rulers of the Persian empire between the 16th and 18th centuries.
In 1501 Shah Ismail, a boy of fifteen, declared himself ruler of Azerbaijan. Within a year he had expanded his territory to include most of Persia, and founded a ruling dynasty which was to last for more than two hundred years. At the peak of their success the Safavids ruled over a vast territory which included all of modern-day Iran. They converted their subjects to Shi'a Islam, and so created the religious identity of modern Iran - although they were also often ruthless in their suppression of Sunni practices. They thrived on international trade, and their capital Isfahan, rebuilt by the visionary Shah Abbas, became one of the most magnificent cities in the world. Under Safavid rule Persia became a cultural centre, producing many great artists and thinkers.
With:
Robert Gleave
Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Exeter
Emma Loosley
Senior Lecturer at the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures at the University of Manchester
Andrew Newman
Reader in Islamic Studies and Persian at the University of Edinburgh.
Producer: Thomas Morris.
RELATED LINKS
FURTHER READING
Emma Loosley, 'Messiah and Mahdi: Caucasian Christians and the Construction of Safavid Isfahan' (East & West Publishing, London, 2009)
Rudi Matthee, 'The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900' (Princeton University Press, Princeton & Oxford, 2005)
Saeid Khaghani, 'Islamic Architecture in Iran: Poststructural Theory and the Architectural History of Iranian Mosques' (I. B. Tauris, London & New York, 2012)
Aptin Khanbaghi, 'The Fire, the Star and the Cross: Minority Religions in Medieval and Early Modern Iran' (I. B. Tauris, London & New York, 2006)
Eleanor G. Sims, with Boris I. Marshak & Ernst J. Grube, 'Peerless Images: Persian Painting and Its Sources' (Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2002)
Alice Taylor, 'Book Arts of Isfahan: Diversity and Identity in Seventeenth-Century Persia' (The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1995)
A. J. Newman, 'Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire' (London: I. B. Tauris Ltd, 2008)
C. Melville (ed.), 'Safavid Persia' (London: I. B. Tauris Ltd, 1996)
K. Rizvi, 'The Safavid Dynastic Shrine' (London: I. B. Tauris Ltd, 2011)
Sussan Babaie, 'Isfahan and Its Palaces' (Edinburgh: EUP, 2008)
R. W. Ferrier, 'A Journey to Persia: Jean Chardin's Portrait of a Seventeenth-century Empire' (London: I. B. Tauris Ltd, 1996)
S. Quinn, 'Historical Writing During the Reign of Shah Abbas' (Salt Lake
City: University of Utah Press, 2000)
S. Canby, 'The Golden Age of Persian Art, 1501–1722' (London: British Museum Press, 2003)
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TWO NATO TIGRESSES (ATTACK HELICOPTER PILOTS) FROM AUSTRALIA AND NETHERLANDS WHO HAVE PLAYED HELL WITH URUZGAN AND KANDAHAR
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THE ANTI US FORCES HAVE NO SAM CAPABILITY.HA HA HA THEY HAD ONCE WHEN THEY FOUGHTY FOR DIRTY US AND SAUDI DOLLARS AGAINST AFGHANISTANS OWN LEFTIST GOVERNMENT,HA HA HA LATER THEY SOLD BACK THE USA THE STINGERS AGAIN FOR US DOLLARS,AND NOW THESE TIGRESSES ARE PLAYING HELL WITH THEM,HISTORY IS REALLY VERY STRANGE,NOW THE AMERICANS ALSO MUST BE THINKING THAT THE OLD USSR WAS A BETTER OPTION THAN THESE DIRTY BEARDED CLOWNS HA HA HA AT LEAST THEY WERE ENLIGHTENED CULTURED PEOPLE
SYCOPHANCY PAR EXCELLENCE PAKISTAN STYLE-HE SOLD HIS SOUL FOR DOLLARS
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