The Safavid dynasty originated as a fledgling apocalyptic
mystical movement based in Iranian Azarbaijan, and grew into a
large, cosmopolitan Irano-Islamic empire stretching from Baghdad to
Herat. Here Colin Mitchell examines how the Safavid state
introduced and moulded a unique and vibrant political discourse
which reflected the social and religious heterogeneity of
sixteenth-century Iran. Beginning with the millenarian-minded Shah
Isma'il and concluding with the autocrat par excellence, Shah
'Abbas, Mitchell explores the phenomenon of state-sponsored
rhetoric. He focuses on the large corpus of epistles, letters and
missives produced by a developed Safavid chancellery which show how
the Safavids forged and negotiated their political and religious
sovereignty in a diverse and complex environment. A thorough
investigation of the Safavid state and the significance of
rhetoric, power and religion in its functioning, "The Practice of
Politics in Safavid Iran" is indispensable for all those interested
in Iranian history and politics as well as the wider world of
Middle East studies.
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