Reading Nineteenth-Century Persian Histories from the Caucasus

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dc.contributor.author	Karamustafa Ali
dc.title	Reading Nineteenth-Century Persian Histories from the Caucasus
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This essay examines six Persian-language historical works that were produced in the Caucasus during the nineteenth century. These works have conventionally gone unnoticed due to the language of composition and the predominant approach to the region as a Russian imperial province. Interestingly, these texts bear the mark of the Afsharid period, and demonstrate a marked interest in the figure of Nader Shah. They demonstrate that the Safavid collapse and the subsequent developments of the eighteenth century had an important impact on conceptions of political legitimacy in the Caucasus. They also suggest that the birth of new local Persianate historiographical traditions in the region should not only be viewed through the lens of Russian imperial modernity and instead be better situated in their local and historical context.
dc.relation.ispartof	Eurasian Studies
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-12-21
dc.dateAccepted	2021-06-30
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-05-18
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-551-3/reading-nineteenth-century-persian-histories-from/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-550-6/005
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8879
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9433
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-551-3
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-550-6
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Azerbaijan
dc.subject	Azerbaijan
dc.subject	Caucasus
dc.subject	Caucasus
dc.subject	Dagestan
dc.subject	Dagestan
dc.subject	Historiography
dc.subject	Historiography
dc.subject	Karabagh
dc.subject	Karabagh
dc.subject	Nader Shah
dc.subject	Nader Shah
dc.subject	Shirvan
dc.subject	Shirvan

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Reading Nineteenth-Century Persian Histories from the Caucasus

Ali Karamustafa University of Oxford, Nizami Ganjavi Centre, UK

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This essay examines six Persian-language historical works that were produced in the Caucasus during the nineteenth century. These works have conventionally gone unnoticed due to the language of composition and the predominant approach to the region as a Russian imperial province. Interestingly, these texts bear the mark of the Afsharid period, and demonstrate a marked interest in the figure of Nader Shah. They demonstrate that the Safavid collapse and the subsequent developments of the eighteenth century had an important impact on conceptions of political legitimacy in the Caucasus. They also suggest that the birth of new local Persianate historiographical traditions in the region should not only be viewed through the lens of Russian imperial modernity and instead be better situated in their local and historical context.

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Dec. 21, 2021

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June 30, 2021

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May 18, 2021

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978-88-6969-551-3

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978-88-6969-550-6

Keywords: Dagestan • Caucasus • Shirvan • Azerbaijan • Historiography • Karabagh • Nader Shah

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