16th Century FORUM
Safavid Empire & Nadir Shah
crimean
Has Osprey any plains for a book about the Safavid Empire? As Osprey has covered the Ottomans and the Mughals, the Safavids would complement these other books well. The book could cover the Qizilbash units along with some of the Safavids enemies – Uzbeks, Afghans, Turkmens. Having visited the recent exhibition on Shah Abbas at the British Museum, Osprey could produce some wonderful and colourful plates on the Safavid armies. Also a book focusing on Nadir Shah’s campaigns (Perhaps Age of Nadir Shah), similar to Men-At-Arms book Age of Tamerlane, would be great.
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| Osprey Editor |
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Thank you for this suggestion Crimean, here at Osprey we are working on producing a book on Iran at War, starting with the Safavid dynasty. At the moment this is a work in progress but do keep your eyes and ears open for any news! This topic can also be explored in a range of ways by our various series, so I will be sure to mention this idea to our series editors. I would be interested to hear from other forum users if they are similarly interested in seeing books on this topic!
Posted: 02-Mar-2009 11:16
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| wardog |
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I'd love a book on the Safavid's specifically, and Iran at war generally. Persia/Iran has played a major role as a regional power, and now on the world stage. Yet, its a culture the vast majority in the west are totally ignorant of. High time that this should be remedied.
Posted: 02-Mar-2009 12:55
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| Württemberger |
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such books would be despearetly needed to cover the gaps.
Posted: 04-Mar-2009 18:42
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| gainward20000 |
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Defintely, I put up the exact same suggestion in another 18th century thread. It is a massive gap considering how well The Ottomans are covered and how significant Iran was in history.
Men at arms titles are desperately needed to show how Iran's armies in the Safavid and later periods to 1800 looked like.
Posted: 24-Mar-2009 16:20
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