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Islamic gunpowder empires : Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals / Douglas E. Streusand.

Title
Islamic gunpowder empires : Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals / Douglas E. Streusand.
Author
Streusand, Douglas E.
Publication
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2011.

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Description
xviii, 390 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
Summary
The author explains the origins of the three empires: the Ottomans (centered in what is now Turkey), the Safavids (in modern Iran), and the Mughals (ruling the Indian subcontinent) and compares the ideological, institutional, military, and economic contributors to their success.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Common heritage, common dilemma -- The Ottoman Empire -- The Safavid Empire -- The Mughal Empire.
ISBN
  • 9780813313597 (alk. paper)
  • 0813313597 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010024984
OCLC
  • 191926598
  • SCSB-10660673
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library