Laurence Lockhart. The fall of the Ṣafavī dynasty and the Afghan occupation of Persia (1958)

Laurence Lockhart. The fall of the Ṣafavī dynasty and the Afghan occupation of Persia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1958, XIII+583 p.

Contents

List of Plates … IX

List of Maps and Plans … X

Preface … XI

Abbreviations … XIII

I. Persia in late Ṣafavī Times … 1

II. The Reasons for the Decline of the Ṣafavī Dynasty … 16

III. The Accession and Character of Shah Sultan Husain … 35

IV. The Internal Situation in Persia from 1694 to 1709 … 44

V. Persia’s Foreign Relations during the Early Years of Husain’s Reign … 51

VI. The Revival of Shi‘ism and its Effect upon Religious Minorities … 70

VII. The Revolt of the Ghalzai Afghans … 80

VIII. The Revolt of the Abdalis … 95

IX. Volynsky’s Mission and the Russo-Persian Treaty of 1717 … 103

X. Mahmud of Qandahar Takes the Offensive for the First Time … 109

XI. The Gathering Storm … 114

XII. Mahmiid Returns to the Attack and Wins the Battle of Gulnabad … 130

XIII. The Siege of Isfahan … 144

XIV. The Abdication of Husain and the Accession of Mahmid page … 171

XV. Peter the Great’s Invasion of Persia … 176

XVI. The Reign of Mahmiid Shah … 190

XVII. The Turco-Russian Partition of Persia … 212

XVIII. Further Russian Operations in Northern Persia … 238

XIX. The Turkish Invasion of Persia … 251

XX. Ashraf’s Early Reign and his Struggle with ‘Tahmasp … 274

XXI. Ashraf’s Wars with Turkey and Russia … 282

XXII. The State of the Persian People during Ashraf’s Reign … 298

XXIII. The Turn of the Tide … 304

XXIV. The Clash between Tahmasp and Nadir … 313

XXV. The Campaign against the Abdali Afghans … 321

XXVI. The Restoration of the Safavi Monarchy … 328

XXVII. Tahmasp’s Relations with Turkey and Russia from 1725 to 1730 … 341

XXVIII. Russo-Turkish Relations in regard to Persia from 1725 to 1730 … 351

XXIX. The Early Relations of the English and Dutch East India Companies with Persia … 360

XXX. The Factories of the English and Dutch East India Companies at Gombroon and Isfahan … 372

XXXI. The Activities of the English and Dutch East India Companies from 1694 to 1722 … 388

XXXII. The Experiences of the English and Dutch East India Companies during the Siege of Isfahan … 408

XXXIII. The Experiences of the English and Dutch East India Companies during the Afghan Occupation … 412

XXXIV. France’s Relations with Persia up to 1706 … 426

XXXV. The Fabre-Michel Mission and the Franco-Persian Treaty of 1708 … 437

XXXVI. Franco-Persian Relations from 1708 to 1715 … 453

XXXVII. Franco-Persian Relations from 1716 to 1730 … 463

Appendix I. Genealogical Table of the Safavi Dynasty, with particular reference to its concluding period facing … 472

Appendix II. A. Genealogical Table of the Ghalzai Rulers of Persia … 473

Appendix II. B. Wakhtang V of Kartli and his Descendants … 473

Appendix III. The City of Isfahan in the First Quarter of the Eighteenth Century … 473

Appendix IV. Art and Literature in the Late Safavi Period … 486

Appendix V. Notes on the Maps … 493

Appendix VI. Notes on the Sources … 497

Bibliography … 545

Index … 565