Medieval Persia 1040-1797

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Introduction to the second edition.- The land and peoples of Persia.- Persia in the early Islamic centuries.- Turkish rule in Persia: the great Saljiiq Sultanate at its height (431-485/1040-1092).- Institutions of Saljiiq government: steppe and sedentary traditions.- The later Saljiiq period and its aftermath: Isma'i:lis, Qara-khitais and Khwarazm-shahs (485-617/1092-1220).- The Mongols and their coming to Persia.- The early Mongol rulers: Persia under Infidel government (663-694/1265-1295).- The Barbarians civilized? Ghazan and his successors (694-736/1295-1335).- The Empire of Tamerlane.- Persia in the fifteenth century: the Timurids.- Persia in the fifteenth century: the Tiirkmen Dynasties and the rise of the Safawids.- Shah Isma'll I and the establishment of Shi'ism.- Crisis, recovery and crisis (930-995/1524-1587).- The apogee of the Safawid Empire: the reign of Shah 'Abbas i (995-1038/1587-1629).- The second century of Safawid rule.- Persia in the eighteenth century: the career of Nadir Shah.- Epilogue.

Includes bibliographical references and index.