Introduction: the power of Persian art -- The rise of Islam -- The Seljuqs -- The Mongol Invasion -- The Islamic golden age -- Timur and Samarqand -- Miniatures -- Bukhara and the Shaybanids -- Isfahan and the Safavids -- Reflections of paradise -- The 18th and 19th centuries -- Khiva: a Khanate in Central Asia -- From vision to reality
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 275) and index
