TY - BOOK AU - Blow,David ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Shah Abbas: the ruthless king who became an Iranian legend AV - DS292.6 .B55 2009eb U1 - 955.03092 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London, New York, New York PB - I.B. Tauris, Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan KW - ʻAbbās KW - Iran KW - Kings and rulers KW - Biography KW - History KW - Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736 KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-268) and index; Shah Abbas's inheritance : the birth of a Shi'i state -- A turbulent childhood and the seizure of power -- Abbas takes control -- The recovery of Khurasan from the Uzbeks -- English adventurers at the service of Shah Abbas -- Maintaining the offensive : Khurasan, the Persian Gulf, and a challenge to the Ottomans -- Abbas expels the Ottomans -- The search for European allies -- Pressure on the Gulf, mass deportations, and the murder of a son -- An Anglo-Iranian victory : the capture of Hormuz -- Final triumphs : the capture of Qandahar and Baghdad -- A conflict of envoys -- The English envoys and the death of Abbas -- Abbas, the man and the king -- The court of Shah Abbas -- The throne and mosque alliance -- The city that was half the world -- The merchant king -- Shah Abbas and the arts -- The later Safavids -- Conclusion; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10333425 ER -