Persian historiography across empires : the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals /
Persian served as the primary language 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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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 history
- 5. Mirrors, memorials, and blended genres
- 6. Conclusion.