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Islamic gunpowder empires : Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

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

Print Book, English, ©2011
Westview Press, Boulder, Colo., ©2011