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The first Dutch-Persian commercial conflict : the attack on Qeshm Island, 1645
- Title
- The first Dutch-Persian commercial conflict : the attack on Qeshm Island, 1645 / Willem Floor and Mohammad H. Faghfoory.
- Author
- Floor, Willem M.
- Publication
- Costa Mesa, Calif. : Mazda Publishers, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HF1586.4.Z4 N44 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Faghfoory, Mohammad Hassan
- Description
- 280, 30 p; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "In this study the authors examine Safavid economic and diplomatic relations with the West and discuss the forces that created and shaped commercial relationship between the Safavid state and the Netherlands. The analyses are based upon a series of unpublished and very important documents concerning the first Dutch-Persian commercial conflict leading to the attack on the island of Qeshm in 1645 and the beginning of Dutch trade with Basra. Despite extensive communication between the Safavid officials and the Dutch, as we can see from the many Dutch translations of Persian letters and decrees, only thirty five Persian documents have survived, of which only five are originals. The authors challenge the conventional wisdom that the Safavid economy was subservient to the exploitative practices of European Companies, and demonstrate that the relationship between Dutch traders and the Safavid court was at best one of privileged guests where the Shah and his court tolerated the Dutch to make a profit."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Includes some Persian texts.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The beginning of trade relations between the Netherlands and Safavid Persia -- Ch. 2. The reign of 'Abbas I -- Ch. 3. The reign of Shah Safi I -- Ch. 4. The reign of Shah 'Abbas II -- App. 1. Summary of a report on private trading by VOC staff by Wouter ten Haeff (December 1630) -- App. 2. Extract from the diary concerning the attack on the Fortress of Kismis -- App. 3. The beginning of Dutch trade in Basra -- App. 4. Petition or request made at the orders of the honorable directors and councillors of the United Netherlands state in the Orient -- App. 5. The company's directors view with regard to the use of force -- App. 6. Transfer and inventory of all merchandise and outstanding debts -- Addendum : Persian documents, faramin.
- ISBN
- 1568591187
- LCCN
- 2003064987
- OCLC
- ocm53831670
- SCSB-5052882
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries