Sholeh A. Quinn

Persian Historiography across Empires (eBook, PDF)

The Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

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Produktbeschreibung

Persian served as one of the primary languages of historical writing over the period of the early modern Islamic empires of the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals. Historians writing under these empires read and cited each other's work, some moving from one empire to another, writing under different rival dynasties at various points in time. Emphasising the importance of looking beyond the confines of political boundaries in studying this phenomenon, Sholeh A. Quinn employs a variety of historiographical approaches to draw attention to the importance of placing these histories not only within their historical context, but also historiographical context. This comparative study of Persian historiography from the 16th-17th centuries presents in-depth case analyses alongside a wide array of primary sources written under the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals to illustrate that Persian historiography during this era was part of an extensive universe of literary-historical writing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108902328
• Artikelnr.: 66186708

Autorenporträt

Sholeh A. Quinn is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Merced. She is the author of Historical Writing during the Reign of Shah 'Abbas: Ideology, Imitation, and Legitimacy in Safavid Chronicles (2000) and Shah Abbas: The King Who Refashioned Iran (2015). She coedited History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East: Studies in Honor of John E. Woods (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Continuity and Transformation: the Timurid Historiographical Legacy
3. Historiography and Historians on the Move: the Significance of the Number Twelve
4. The First King of the World: Kayumars in Universal Histories
5. Mirrors, Memorials and Blended Genres
6. Conclusion.