The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran

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This book considers the economic, social and political importance of the silk trade in Safavid Iran. It focuses on four aspects of this trade: the role of silk in Iranian commercial policy, the interaction between agents of the state and foreign merchants, the routes along which silk was transported and, critically, the economic and social difficulties that contributed to the collapse of the regime in the s.5/5(1).

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This book considers the economic, social and political importance of the silk trade in Safavid Iran. It focuses on four aspects of this trade: the role of silk in Iranian commercial policy, the interaction between agents of the state and foreign merchants, the routes along which silk was transported and, critically, the economic and social difficulties that contributed to the collapse of the regime in the by: The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver, - Rudolph P.

Matthee - Google Books Using a wide range of archival and written sources, Rudi Matthee considers the economic, social 4/5(3). This book considers the economic, social and political importance of the silk trade in Safavid Iran.

It focuses on four aspects of this trade: the role of silk in Iranian commercial policy, the interaction between agents of the state and foreign merchants, the routes along which silk was transported and, critically, the economic and social difficulties that contributed to the collapse of the regime in the : $   Synopsis Using a wide range of archival and written sources, Rudi Matthee considers the economic, social and political networks established between Iran, its neighbours and the world at large, through the prism of the late Safavid silk : The politics of trade in Safavid Iran: silk for silver, [Rudolph P Matthee] -- "Rudolph P.

Matthee's book offers a sophisticated, revisionist interpretation of the economy of Safavid Iran. The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran Using a wide range of archival and written sources, Rudi Matthee considers the economic, social and political networks established between Iran, its neighbours and the world at large, through the prism of the late Safavid silk trade.

THE POLITICS OF TRADE IN SAFAVID IRAN: SILK FOR SILVER By With the explosion of interest in Safavid studies this last past decade, large gaps in deserve.

Particularly absent was a comprehensive study of Safavid economics and, The Asian Trade Revolution is disappointingly eurocentric in its approach; more. The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran.

Silk for Silver, The Safavid dynasty originated as a fledgling apocalyptic mystical movement based in Iranian Azarbaijan, and grew into a large, cosmopolitan Irano-Islamic empire stretching from Baghdad to Herat.

Here, Colin P. Mitchell examines how the Safavid state introduced and moulded a unique and vibrant political discourse, reflecting the social and religious heterogeneity of sixteenth-century Iran. The Safavid dynasty represented the pinnacle of Iran’s power and influence in its early modern history.

The evidence of this – the creation of a nation state, military expansion and success, economic dynamism, and the exquisite art and architecture of the period – is well-known.

The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran Book Summary: Using a wide range of archival and written sources, Rudi Matthee considers the economic, social and political networks established between Iran, its neighbours and the world at large, through the prism of the late Safavid silk trade.

In so doing, he demonstrates how silk, a resource crucial to state revenue and the only commodity to span Iran's. Eurasian Trade of the Julfa Armenians in Safavid Iran and India (). Atlanta: Scholars Press,pp. The journal presence devoted of to a review Baltic studies on books may dealing legitimately with warrant Persian a trade couple in of a journal devoted to Baltic studies may legitimately warrant a couple of words of explanation.

- The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver, Rudolph P. Matthee Frontmatter More information. Title: Created Date. in association with the Iran Heritage FoundationThe decline and fall of Safavid Iran is traditionally seen as the natural outcome of the unrelieved political stagnation and moral degeneration which characterised late Safavid Iran.

"Persia in Crisis" challenges this view. In this ground-breaking new book, Rudi Matthee revisits traditional sources and introduces new ones to take a.

Matthee, Rudolph, The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver, – (Cambridge University Press, ). Moin, Azfar, The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam (New York: Columbia University Press, ).Author: Giancarlo Casale.

This book contributes to our understanding of the Muslim temporal system and our appreciation of the influence of Islamic science on the Western world. Reviews The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver, – Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Rudi Matthee serves as the John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Delaware, where he teaches Middle Eastern history, with a research focus on early modern Iran and the Persian Gulf.

His books include The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver, (Cambridge University Press, ); The /5. A thorough investigation of the Safavid state and the significance of rhetoric, power and religion in its functioning, The Practice of Politics in Safavid Iran is indispensable for all those interested in Iranian history and politics and Middle East studies.

The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran伊朗萨非王朝时期的贸易政治 作者: Matthee, Rudolph P. 出版年: 页数: 定价: 元 ISBN:   Audio Books & Poetry Community Audio Computers, Technology and Science Music, Arts & Culture News & Public Affairs Non-English Audio Spirituality & Religion Librivox Free Audiobook BlaBlaSISE Aetherádio Smoothie Insured Financial Wealth - Debt Decoded KONTENTED KOLLECTIVE About That AFSCME Life KlinterKlater Podcast.The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran, Silk for Silver – Rudolph e (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilisation).

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