Persian historiography across empires : the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals / Sholeh A. Quinn. [elec...
Persian historiography across empires : the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals / Sholeh A. Quinn. [elec...
Persian historiography across empires : the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals / Sholeh A. Quinn. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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English
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1 online resource (x, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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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. Conc...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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England
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2021.
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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 dynasties at various points in time. Emphasising the im...
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Persian historiography across empires : the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals / Sholeh A. Quinn. [electronic resource]
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74VKaz0JJw83
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0JJw83
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1-108-90697-4
1-108-90170-0
1-108-90232-4
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950/.3072
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991024402482502626
