books.google.co.uk - The importance of the Safavid period (1501-1736) in Iranian history has been increasingly recognised. Iran Under the Safavids aims at providing the student and general reader, in non-technical language, with a comprehensive history of the Safavid dynasty. Professor Savory considers the origins of the...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Iran_Under_the_Safavids.html?id=v4Yr4foWFFgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareIran Under the Safavids