This book considers the economic, social and political importance of the silk trade in Safavid Iran. It focuses on four aspects of this trade: the role of silk in Iranian commercial policy, the interaction between agents of the state and foreign merchants, the routes along which silk was transported and, critically, the economic and social difficulties that contributed to the collapse of the regime in the 1720s. This represents a major contribution to the current debates on the social and economic history of the premodern world.
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"...an important contribution to Safavid economic history, and it is a welcome addition to the scant literature that exists on Iran's early modern economy. It should be read by all scholars interested in the silk trade, as it gives an excellent account of the international importance of Iranian silk." American Historical Review
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"...an important contribution to Safavid economic history, and it is a welcome addition to the scant literature that exists on Iran's early modern economy. It should be read by all scholars interested in the silk trade, as it gives an excellent account of the international importance of Iranian silk." American Historical Review
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This is the first book to consider the economic, social and political importance of the silk trade in Safavid Iran. It focuses on four aspects of this trade; the role of silk in Iranian commercial policy, the interaction between agents of the state and foreign merchants, the routes along which silk was transported and, critically, the economic and social difficulties which contributed to the collapse of the regime in the 1720s. This represents a major contribution to the current debates on the social and economic history of the pre-modern world.
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This review is from: The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver, 1600-1730 (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) (Paperback)
This book is with regard to eco-dynamic of Safavid period, how economic varibles are altering Safavid Kings with Holland, Dutch, and Russia. This book is less about politics, it is more focus on economic of Safavid period and shaping Iran's politics.
The author of the book brought forward Western econmic phiolisphers such as Mann to discuss economic fluctuation in Safavid peroid.
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Iran and silk have been linked since the inception of the Silk Road, the commercial trail that connected the Chinese city of Lo-yang on the Yellow River with the ports of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean from antiquity to Mongol times. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
silk export monopoly, silk contract, maritime companies, silk exports, bullion exports, royal workshops, silk trade, grand vizier, private merchants, transit trade, silk production Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mirza Taqi, Persian Gulf, Shah Safi, Caspian Sea, Mulayim Beg, Shah Sulayman, Backer Jacobsz, Muhammad Beg, Geleynssen de Jongh, Asian Trade Revolution, Safavid Iran, Iskandar Munshi, Julfan Armenians, Shah Sultan Husayn, English Factories, Indian Ocean, Musa Beg, Mirza Tahir, British-Persian Relations, Gamron Council, New Julfa, Shah Tahmasp, Black Sea, Khalifah Sultan, White Sea New!
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Iran and silk have been linked since the inception of the Silk Road, the commercial trail that connected the Chinese city of Lo-yang on the Yellow River with the ports of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean from antiquity to Mongol times. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
silk export monopoly, silk contract, maritime companies, silk exports, bullion exports, royal workshops, silk trade, grand vizier, private merchants, transit trade, silk production Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mirza Taqi, Persian Gulf, Shah Safi, Caspian Sea, Mulayim Beg, Shah Sulayman, Backer Jacobsz, Muhammad Beg, Geleynssen de Jongh, Asian Trade Revolution, Safavid Iran, Iskandar Munshi, Julfan Armenians, Shah Sultan Husayn, English Factories, Indian Ocean, Musa Beg, Mirza Tahir, British-Persian Relations, Gamron Council, New Julfa, Shah Tahmasp, Black Sea, Khalifah Sultan, White Sea New!
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- The Sinews of Power: War, Money and the English State 1688-1783 by John Brewer on page 71, and Back Matter
- The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power (European History in Perspective) by Colin Imber on page 17, and Back Matter
- Iran and Iranian studies : essays in honor of Iraj Afshar by Kambiz Eslami in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Arabian Seas by Rene J. Barendse in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Sources of Social Power: Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760 by Michael Mann on page 61, and page 62
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- Revival and Reform in Islam: The Legacy of Muhammad al-Shawkani (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) by Bernard Haykel in Back Matter
- Revival and Reform in Islam: The Legacy of Muhammad al-Shawkani (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) by Bernard Haykel in Back Matter
- Armenians And The Iranian Constitutional Revolution Of 1905-1911: The Love For Freedom Has No Fatherland by Houri Berberian on page 57
- Roman Catholics and Shi'i Muslims: Prayer, Passion, and Politics by James A. Bill in Back Matter
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