2018/02/27 by Kioumars Ghereghlou · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Islamic Studies and History #Eurasian Exchange Networks #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Reign #History #Order (exchange) #Sister #Period (music) #Formative assessment #Ancient history #Philosophy #Political science #Sociology #Law #Politics
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openalex publication_date 2018/02/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/07
This article studies Qāsim Beg Ḥayātī Tabrīzī’s unpublished account of Ṣafavid history, which has long been considered lost. Ḥayātī’s account—dedicated, in 961/1554, to Shah Ṭahmāsp’s sister, Princess Mihīn Begum (d. 969/1562)—spans the period between the formative years of the Ṣafaviyya Sufi order under Ṣafī al-Dīn Isḥāq Ardabīlī (d. 735/1334) and the early years of the reign of Shah Ismāʿīl (907–30/1501–24). Emphasis is given to the way in which it fills in the gaps of our knowledge insofar as the pre-dynastic and early dynastic phases of Ṣafavid history as well as the administrative history of the Ṣafavid shrine in Ardabīl are concerned.