the Ottoman-Safavid-Habsburg struggle for supremacy; Ottoman Jews: model minority?; sixteenth- and seventeenth-century transformations; pietism, conversion, and interreligious relations; reform and ...

Selim’s Ottoman forces numbered approximately 450, while Shah Ismail’s brother, who led the Safavid Persian forces, had a force of around 3,000 men. It was a resounding victory for the ...

TEHRAN - The Jameh Mosque of Qazvin, also known as the Friday Mosque of Qazvin, stands as one of Iran’s oldest and most ...

This green oasis was established under the orders of Shah Ismail I, the founder of the Safavid dynasty. Though much of the original garden has vanished over time, the surrounding park remains one of ...

Emine Fetvaci, a prominent scholar and accomplished teacher whose research areas include the arts of the book in the Islamic world, and Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid art and architecture, has been ...

the Ottoman-Safavid-Habsburg struggle for supremacy; Ottoman Jews: model minority?; sixteenth- and seventeenth-century transformations; pietism, conversion, and interreligious relations; reform and ...