Shii News – Tabrizi Notables and the Early Safavids
Posted in: Field-specific (academic), IranLocal Aristocrats in a Time of Critical Dynastic Change
Two Notable Families of Tabriz Facing the New Ṣafavid Order [DYNTRAN Working Paper 26, July 2017] by Daniel ZAKRZEWSKI The Ṣafavid conquest of Tabriz in 906/1501 marks a watershed in the history of Iran and the Islamic Middle East. By taking control of the city the young Ismāʿīl earned the right to proclaim himself king …
- October 27, 2017
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