Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vi
4. List of Plates ix
5. Series Editor’s Foreword x
6. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
7. Note on the Transliteration System xiv
8. Safavid Dynastic Chart xv
9. Timeline of Safavid Capital Cities and Major Structures xvi
10. CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Conviviality, Charismatic Absolutism, and the Persianization of Shi'ism 1
11. CHAPTER 2 Peripatetic Kings and Palaces: From Tabriz to Qazvin in the Sixteenth Century 30
12. CHAPTER 3 Dwelling in Paradise, or Isfahan “Half the World” 65
13. CHAPTER 4 “The Abode of Felicitous Rule” or the Daulatkhane Royal Precinct 113
14. CHAPTER 5 The Spatial Choreography of Conviviality: the Palaces of Isfahan 157
15. CHAPTER 6 Feasting and the Perso-Shi'i Etiquette of Kingship 224
16. CHAPTER 7 Epilogue: The Fall of Isfahan 267
17. Select Bibliography 274
18. Illustration Acknowledgments 292
19. Index 294