| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Studies on performing arts & literature of the Islamicate world ; 8 |
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Studies on performing arts & literature of the Islamicate world ; 8.
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Notes on Transliteration; Consonants; Vowels; Part 1; The Ancestors of Shāh Esmāʿil; Chapter 1; The Story of Solṭān Firuzshāh; Chapter 2; The Story of ʿEvazolkhavāṣṣ and His Son Moḥammad al-Ḥāfeẓ; Chapter 3; The Story of Ṣalāḥoddin Rashid; Chapter 4; The Story of Seyyed Jebrāʼil; Chapter 5; The Story of Solṭān Khwājeh ʿAli; Chapter 6; The Battle between Solṭān ʿAli Mirzā and Aybeh Solṭān and the Death of Solṭān ʿAli; Part 2; Shāh Esmāʿil vs. the Torkmāns; Chapter 7; Shāh Esmāʿil Catches Sight of His Majesty the Lord of the Age; Chapter 8 |
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The Emergence of Shāh Esmāʿil from Gilān and Lāhijān with Seven People, and the Conquest of ṬāromChapter 9; The Story of the Sons of Rostam Shāh, and of How His Majesty the Shadow of God Went to Ardabil; the Killing of ʿAli Khān Solṭān; Chapter 10; Alvand Sends ʿOthmān Solṭān to Fight the Shāh, Who in Turn Sends Qarāpari Qājār; the Latter is Killed, and the Torkmāns are Defeated; Chapter 11; King Alvand Goes to the Anatolian Emperor and Seeks Help; He Comes to Iran and is Defeated; His Qualities; Chapter 12 |
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The World-conquering Shāh's Proposal to Tājlu Begom, the Daughter of ʿĀbedin Beg Shāmlu, and the Wedding Feast of that Fortunate PrinceChapter 13; Birth of the Shadow of God, Shāh Ṭahmāsp, in the Village of Ranān near Eṣfahān; Chapter 14; Shāh Esmāʿil Sends an Army against Solṭān Morād, and that Failure is Captured; Chapter 15; Solṭān Morād Flees toward Shirāz; Moḥammad Karahi Captures Him and Sends Him to Shāh Esmāʿil, But He Flees Again; Chapter 16; Solṭān Morād Flees toward Shirāz as Elyās Beg Pursues Him; Chapter 17 |
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Elyās Beg Goes to Dāmghān to Fight Ḥosayn Kiyā Cholāvi and is Killed by That Man's DuplicityChapter 18; Shāh Esmāʿil Proceeds from Qom towards Firuzkuh and Māzandarān to Defeat Ḥosayn Kiyā Cholāvi; Chapter 19; ʿAli Kiyā Goes to Take the Pass of Firuzkuh; Chapter 20; Shāh Esmāʿil Arrives at the Fortress of Mārānkuh and Does Battle with Ḥosayn Kiyā Cholāvi, Who is Killed; Chapter 21; Shoʿayb Āqā is Killed by Solṭān Aḥmad Sāruʼi; Moḥammad Karahi Rebels, Solṭān Aḥmad is Killed, and Yazd is Captured; Chapter 22; His Majesty Arrives at Yazd, and Moḥammad Karahi is Killed; Chapter 23 |
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Shāh Esmāʿil Goes from Yazd to Ṭabas Tardi Bābā is Killed, and Amir Kamāloddin Ḥosayn Comes to the Royal Court on Behalf of Solṭān Ḥosayn Bāyqarā; Chapter 24; ʿAbdi Beg is Martyred at the Hands of Ḥosayn Beg, Son of Ṣārem Khān the Kurd; Shāh Esmāʿil Arrives, and Ṣārem Khān Flees; Chapter 25; The Conquest of Baghdād by the Qezelbāsh; Bāyrak Solṭān Flees to Moṣul, and Shāh Esmāʿil Visits Najaf; Chapter 26; The Royal Banners Leave for ʿErāq and Khorrāmābād, Where Malekshāh Rostam Is; Chapter 27; The Shāh and His Army Come to Fight Malekshāh Rostam, Who Pledges Obedience |
| Summary |
The Adventures of Sha¿¿h Esma¿¿¿¿il recounts the dramatic formative years of the Safavid empire (1501-1722), as preserved in Iranian popular memory by coffeehouse storytellers and written down in manuscripts starting in the late seventeenth century. Beginning with the Safavids' saintly ancestors in Ardabil, the story goes on to relate the conquests of Sha¿¿h Esma¿¿¿¿il (r. 1501-1524) and his devoted Qezelba¿¿sh followers as they battle Torkma¿¿ns, Uzbeks, Ottomans, and even Georgians and Ethiopians in their quest to establish a Twelver Shi¿¿i realm. Barry Wood's translation brings out the verve and popular tone of the Persian text. A heady mixture of history and legend, The Adventures of Sha¿¿h Esma¿¿¿¿il sheds important light on the historical self-awareness of late Safavid Iran |
| Notes |
Translation of a collection of manuscripts that was edited and published in Iran in 1971 by its owner, Aṣghar Muntaẓir Ṣāḥib, and published under the title: ʻĀlamʹārā-yi Shāh Ismāʻīl |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page ( viewed March 27, 2019) |
| Subject |
Ismāʻīl I, Shah of Iran, 1487-1524 -- Romances
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| SUBJECT |
Ismāʻīl I, Shah of Iran, 1487-1524 fast |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Middle Eastern.
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| Genre/Form |
Romances
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wood, Barry, 1970- translator.
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| LC no. |
2018042127 |
| ISBN |
9789004383531 |
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9004383530 |
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