ISBN |
0226820424 (hardcover) |
9780226820422 (hardcover) |
Author |
Casale, Sinem Arcak |
Title |
Gifts in the age of empire : Ottoman-Safavid cultural exchange, 1500-1639 / Sinem Arcak Casale |
Publisher |
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2023 |
Physical desc. |
326 pages ; illustrations (chiefly colour), colour map ; 27 cm. |
Series |
Silk roads (Chicago, Ill.) |
Note |
CB illustration: page 124, figure 3.9 (T 413, f. 14b). |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-314) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Scandal and decorum -- An exquisite Shahnama -- King of the world -- Little prince bearing gifts -- Diplomacy and transaction -- Epilogue. |
Subject |
Houghton Shahnameh |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- T 413 |
Diplomatic gifts -- Iran -- History |
Diplomatic gifts -- Turkey -- History |
Gifts -- Political aspects -- Iran -- History -- 16th century |
Gifts -- Political aspects -- Iran -- History -- 17th century |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Safavid |
Art, Safavid |
Iran -- Relations -- Turkey |
Turkey -- Relations -- Iran |
Iran -- History -- Safavid dynasty, 1501-1736 |
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 |