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New. <b>Explores the Safavid and Ottoman empires through the lens of gifts.</b><br /><br /> When the Safavid dynasty, founded in 1501, built a state that championed Iranian identity and Twelver Shi'ism, it prompted the more established Ottoman Empire to align itself definitively with Sunni legalism. The political, religious, and military conflicts that arose have since been widely studied, but little attention has been paid to their diplomatic relationship. Sinem Arcak Casale here sets out to explore these two major Muslim empires through a surprising lens: gifts. Countless treasuresâsuch as intricate carpets, gilded silver cups, and ivory-tusk knivesâflowed from the Safavid to the Ottoman Empire throughout the sixteenth century. While only a handful now survive, records of these gifts exist in court chronicles, treasury records, poems, epistolary documents, ambassadorial reports, and travel narratives. Tracing this elaborate archive,…
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- Title Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500-1639
- Author Sinem Arcak Casale
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date 2023-07-28
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780226820422 / 0226820424
- Weight 2.75 lbs (1.25 kg)
- Dimensions 10.4 x 7.3 x 1.1 in (26.42 x 18.54 x 2.79 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: Turkey
- Library of Congress subjects Turkey - History - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918, Iran - Relations - Turkey
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2022026769
- Dewey Decimal Code 955.03
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