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PORTUGAL, THE PERSIAN GULF AND SAFAVID PERSIA

Publication

October – November 2011

A compilation in revised form of the papers given at the international conference organised by Iran Heritage Foundation and the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, held at the Freer & Sackler Galleries, Washington DC in September 2007

Edited by

Prof. Rudi Matthee and Prof. Jorge Flores

Published by

Peeters in association with Iran Heritage Foundation and Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

About the Book

The Portuguese were the first Europeans to play a major commercial, military and diplomatic role in the Persian Gulf basin. They first appeared before Hormuz in 1507, established a toll house on the island in 1515, and remained active in the wider region for the next two centuries.

This book commemorates the quincentennial of their arrival in the Persian Gulf. Its contributors offer an array of fresh research on their activities on Hormuz and beyond, examining these from a variety of angles, with special attention to the wider context involving the adjacent Safavid, Ottoman and Mughal states. The essays presented here explore the commercial and military activities of the Portuguese, their rivalry with the Ottoman state for naval control in the Gulf, and their interaction with Safavid Persia by way of missionary ventures, diplomacy and travel, but also represent new and exciting research on the historiographical record of their presence in the form of cartography and the discourse about Persia it generated in Portugal.

For a table of contents follow the link below:

www.peeters-leuven.be/toc/9789042924482.pdf

About the Editors

Prof. Rudi Matthee is Unidel Professor of Middle Eastern history at the University of Delaware, with a research focus on early modern Iran and the Persian Gulf.

Prof. Jorge Flores is Vasco da Gama Professor in Colonial and Post-colonials Systems at The European University Institute, Florence and specializes in the history of the Portuguese interactions with South Asia.

Price

€85 + Postage and Packing

Hardback with dust jacket, XII-312 p.

ISBN 978-90-429-2448-2

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