The Islamic World in Decline
Subtitle: From the Treaty of Karlowitz to the Disintegration of the Ottoman Empire
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: October 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780275968915
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Islam; Islamic Government; Middle East - History; History - General History; History: World; Islamic countries; Middle East; Ottoman Empire; Ethnic Studies - General; Middle East - Turkey; History / Middle East; Middle East - General; 1683-1829; 1829-1878; 1878-1909; History; Turkey
First sentence: For forty years, since he first succeeded in centralizing power in the Safavid throne, Shah Tahmasp managed to maintain a balance of power and influence between the Turkic qizilbash and the Persian (Tajik) elements within the realm.