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Birjandifar, Nazak

Gilan and Its Gradual Incorporation into the Safavid Polity

Abisaab, Rula

McGill University (Canada)

2019

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Ph.D.

McGill University (Canada)

2019

The term Gilan historically refers to a geographically isolated but economically valuable mountainous region south of the Caspian Sea, most of which is located in present-day Iran. In the era when the Safavid dynasty conquered and ruled Iran, Gilan went from being a semi-independent region ruled by two competing local dynasties, the Kiyayis and the Eshaqiyyeh, to being a fully-incorporated province of the Safavid polity. This thesis is a study of historical, political, and religious developments in Gilan from the late fourteenth to the early seventeenth century. It focuses on Gilan's relationship to the greater powers in the region like the Aq Qoyunlu, the Qara Qoyunlu, and finally the Safavids. This study shifts our focus from the Safavid center to the periphery by emphasizing Gilan's own historically particular periodization in the larger context of Iranian history, before examining the processes and policies through which this politically and religiously diverse region was incorporated into the Safavid polity.

Islamic studies

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Birjandifar, Nazak

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