Persian Documents: Social History of Iran and Turan in the 15th-19th Centuries (New Horizons in Islamic Studies)

After the Mongol period, Persian was the official written language in Iran, Central Asia and India. A vast amount of documents relating to administration and social life were produced and yet, unlike Ottoman and Arabic documents, Persian historical resources have received very little critical attention. This book is the first to use Persian Documents as the sources of social history in Early Modern Iran and Central Asia. The contributors examine four distinct elements of the documents:\* the formal aspects of the sources are initially inspected\* the second part focuses on newly discovered sources\* the most abundant documents of the period - waqf deeds - are individually studiedIn this way the reader is led to realize the importance of Persian documents in gaining an understanding of past urban and rural societies in the Middle East. A Commentary On The The [sic] Closing Formula Found In The Central Asian Waqf Documents / Isogai Kenʾichi -- Formal Aspects Of Qajar Deeds Of Sale / Christoph Werner -- About A Scroll Of Documents Justifying Yasavi Rituals / Bakhtiyar Babajanov -- Majmūʻahʾhā : Important And Unknown Sources Of Historiography Of Iran During And In The Late Safavids : The Case Of Majmūʻah-i Mīrzā Muʻīnā / Mansur Sefatgol -- The Waqf Of A Timurid Amir : The Example Of Chaqmaq Shami In Yazd / Iwatake Akio -- The Waqf Of Ustad ʻabbas : Rewrites Of Deeds In Qajar Tehran / Kondo Nobuaki -- Irrigation Examined Through Documents Of Qajar Iran / Hashem Rajabzade -- Urban-rural Relations In Early Eighteenth-century Iran : A Case Study Of Settlement Patterns In The Province Of Hamadan / Yamaguchi Akihiko. Edited By Kondo Nobuaki. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. After the Mongol period, Persian was the official written language in Iran, Central Asia and India. A vast amount of documents relating to administration and social life were produced and yet, unlike Ottoman and Arabic documents, Persian historical resources have received very little critical attention. This book is the first to use Persian Documents as the sources of social history in Early Modern Iran and Central Asia. The contributors examine four distinct elements of the documents: * the formal aspects of the sources are initially inspected * the second part focuses on newly discovered sources * the most abundant documents of the period - waqf deeds - are individually studied In this way the reader is led to realize the importance of Persian documents in gaining an understanding of past urban and rural societies in the Middle East A commentary on closing formula found in the Central Waqf Documents / Isogai Kenʼichi Formal aspects of Qajar deeds of sale / Christoph Werner New sources about a scroll of documents justifying Yasav rituals / Bakhtiyar Babajanov Majmūah-ha : an important and unknown sources of historiography of Iran during and in the late Safavid period : the case of majmūah-i Mirza Muʻina / Mansur Sefatgol Waqfs : a waqf of a Timurid Amir : the examples of Chaqmaq Shami in Yazd / Iwatake Akio The waqf of Ustad Abbas : the rewrites of deeds in Qajar Tehran / Kondo Nobuaki From cities to villages : irrigation examined through documents of Qajar Iran / Hashem Rajabzade Urban-rural relations in early eighteenth-century Iran : a case study of the settlement Patterns in the province of Hamadan / Yamaguchi Akihiko.