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SHOLEH A. QUINN, Historical Writing during the Reign of Shah עAbbas: Ideology, Imitation, and Legitimacy in Safavid Chronicles (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2000). Pp. 197.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2002

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The Safavid period (1501–1736) boasts a rich and diverse body of chronicles that range from universal histories to general and dynastic ones. The scarcity of secondary literature on Safavid historical writing and the transformation of historiographical traditions poses fundamental challenges to historians of this period. Despite these obstacles, Sholeh Quinn has managed to produce a work of great value that fills a void in the field of Persian historical writing.

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Book Review
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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , November 2002 , pp. 747 - 748
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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