Travels in Persia 1617-1622 /
"When the Roman nobleman Pietro della Valle set out for the East in 1614, he imagined a pilgrimage. What he produced instead was one of the most vivid and detailed portraits of Safavid Iran ever written. His letters from Isfahan, Shiraz, Farahabad, Qazin, and Basra--part reportage, part ethnogr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English translated from Italian. |
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[Washington, DC] :
Mage Publishers,
[2026]
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| Edition: | First hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: | "When the Roman nobleman Pietro della Valle set out for the East in 1614, he imagined a pilgrimage. What he produced instead was one of the most vivid and detailed portraits of Safavid Iran ever written. His letters from Isfahan, Shiraz, Farahabad, Qazin, and Basra--part reportage, part ethnography, part personal confession--capture a world in the midst of transformation under Shah Abbas the Great. In these pages, della Valle records court ceremonials and bazaars, gardens and palaces, mineral lore and medical practices, and the daily life of Persians, Armenians, Turks, Kurds, and Indians. He write with equal intimacy about politics and architecture, marriage customs and music, caravan life and commerce. His account of Isfaha--its Maydan, palaces, caravanserais, and tree-lined avenues--remains one of the greatest city descriptions of the early modern world"--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 1126 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781949445954 194944595X |