Rudi Matthee: 2 books
Persia in Crisis
Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
The decline and fall of Safavid Iran is traditionally seen as the natural outcome of the unrelieved political stagnation and moral degeneration which characterised late Safavid Iran. Persia in Crisis challenges this view.
In this groundbreaking new book, Rudi Matthee revisits traditional sources...
The Monetary History of Iran
From the Safavids to the Qajars
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
The monetary history of a country provides important insights into its economic development, as well as its political and social history. This book is the first detailed study of Iran's monetary history from the advent of the Safavid dynasty in 1501 to the end of Qajar rule in 1925. Using an array...