Dedicated To The Renowned Safavid Historian Roger Savory, This Book Brings Together A Collection Of Studies On The Safavid State Of Iran (1501-1722) From The Perspectives Of Political, Social, Literary, And Artistic History. Savory, A Doyen Of Safavid Studies In The 1960s And 1970s, Was Responsible For Expanding And Popularizing The Study Of Iran In The 16th And 17th Century. To Celebrate This Legacy, Well-established Scholars Of Medieval And Early Modern Iran Have Contributed Specific Studies Reflecting An Array Of Research Interests And Specializations, Which Include Critical Re-examinations Of Issues Of Gender, Literature, Art And Architecture, Cultural And Linguistic Currents, Illustrated Historical Chronicles, And Courtly And Administrative Practices Under The Safavid Dynasty. This Unique Compilation Is Indicative Of A Growing Interest In Iran And Iranian Studies In Both The Academic And Public Spheres, And As Such Contains A Number Of New Perspectives Which Will Serve To Supplement And Re-interpret The Existing Corpus Of Safavid Scholarly Literature To Date. It Will Be An Important Text For Scholars Of World History And Middle East Studies, As Well As To Historians In General. The Publications Of Roger M. Savory, 1960-2007 / Eleazar Birnbaum -- The Blinding Pledge (mochalga) : A Chinggisid Practice In Safavid Iran / Maria Subtelny -- The Form, Appearance, And Decoration In The Letters Of The Safavid Kings / Iraj Afshar -- Am I My Brother's Keeper? : Negotiating Corporate Sovereignty And Divine Absolutism In 16th-century Turco-iranian Politics / Colin P. Mitchell -- Complex Goals Of The Ottomans, Persians And Muscovites In The Caucasus, 1578-1639 / Max Kortepeter -- Cultural Currents In The Turco-persian World Of Safavid And Post-safavid Times / John Perry -- From The Battlefield To The Harem : Did Women's Seclusion Increase From Early To Late Safavid Times? / Rudi Matthee -- A Safavid Bottle With Matchlock Hunt In The Royal Ontario Museum / Lisa Golombek -- Reminiscences Of The Maidan-i Shah / Ali Asghar Bakhtiar -- The Illustration Of History In Safavid Manuscript Painting / Charles Melville -- Coordinates In Time And Space : Architectural Chronograms In Safavid Iran / Paul Losensky. Edited By Colin P. Mitchell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.