Title: | The fall of the Ṣafavī dynasty and the Afghan occupation of Persia |
Author: | Laurence Lockhart |
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Language: | English |
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Place: | Cambridge |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Year: | 1958 |
Pages: | XIII, 583, 10 leaves of plates |
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Laurence Lockhart. The fall of the Ṣafavī dynasty and the Afghan occupation of Persia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1958, XIII+583 p.
Contents
List of Plates … IX
List of Maps and Plans … X
Preface … XI
Abbreviations … XIII
I. Persia in late Ṣafavī Times … 1
II. The Reasons for the Decline of the Ṣafavī Dynasty … 16
III. The Accession and Character of Shah Sultan Husain … 35
IV. The Internal Situation in Persia from 1694 to 1709 … 44
V. Persia’s Foreign Relations during the Early Years of Husain’s Reign … 51
VI. The Revival of Shi‘ism and its Effect upon Religious Minorities … 70
VII. The Revolt of the Ghalzai Afghans … 80
VIII. The Revolt of the Abdalis … 95
IX. Volynsky’s Mission and the Russo-Persian Treaty of 1717 … 103
X. Mahmud of Qandahar Takes the Offensive for the First Time … 109
XI. The Gathering Storm … 114
XII. Mahmiid Returns to the Attack and Wins the Battle of Gulnabad … 130
XIII. The Siege of Isfahan … 144
XIV. The Abdication of Husain and the Accession of Mahmid page … 171
XV. Peter the Great’s Invasion of Persia … 176
XVI. The Reign of Mahmiid Shah … 190
XVII. The Turco-Russian Partition of Persia … 212
XVIII. Further Russian Operations in Northern Persia … 238
XIX. The Turkish Invasion of Persia … 251
XX. Ashraf’s Early Reign and his Struggle with ‘Tahmasp … 274
XXI. Ashraf’s Wars with Turkey and Russia … 282
XXII. The State of the Persian People during Ashraf’s Reign … 298
XXIII. The Turn of the Tide … 304
XXIV. The Clash between Tahmasp and Nadir … 313
XXV. The Campaign against the Abdali Afghans … 321
XXVI. The Restoration of the Safavi Monarchy … 328
XXVII. Tahmasp’s Relations with Turkey and Russia from 1725 to 1730 … 341
XXVIII. Russo-Turkish Relations in regard to Persia from 1725 to 1730 … 351
XXIX. The Early Relations of the English and Dutch East India Companies with Persia … 360
XXX. The Factories of the English and Dutch East India Companies at Gombroon and Isfahan … 372
XXXI. The Activities of the English and Dutch East India Companies from 1694 to 1722 … 388
XXXII. The Experiences of the English and Dutch East India Companies during the Siege of Isfahan … 408
XXXIII. The Experiences of the English and Dutch East India Companies during the Afghan Occupation … 412
XXXIV. France’s Relations with Persia up to 1706 … 426
XXXV. The Fabre-Michel Mission and the Franco-Persian Treaty of 1708 … 437
XXXVI. Franco-Persian Relations from 1708 to 1715 … 453
XXXVII. Franco-Persian Relations from 1716 to 1730 … 463
Appendix I. Genealogical Table of the Safavi Dynasty, with particular reference to its concluding period facing … 472
Appendix II. A. Genealogical Table of the Ghalzai Rulers of Persia … 473
Appendix II. B. Wakhtang V of Kartli and his Descendants … 473
Appendix III. The City of Isfahan in the First Quarter of the Eighteenth Century … 473
Appendix IV. Art and Literature in the Late Safavi Period … 486
Appendix V. Notes on the Maps … 493
Appendix VI. Notes on the Sources … 497
Bibliography … 545
Index … 565