Cover illustration: Appointment letter of Kalb ʿAlī Bēg Īnānlū, issued by ʿĀdil Shāh in 1747. Kitābkhāna-yi Markazī-yi Āstān-i Quds-i Rażawī, Mashhad, no. 110337.
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Names: Barati, András, author, editor.
Title: Exercising authority and representing rule, eighteenth-century Persian decrees from the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad / by András Barati.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] | Series: Iran studies, 1569-7401 ; volume 25 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023034548 (print) | LCCN 2023034549 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004548206 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004548213 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Iran—History—16th–18th centuries—Sources. | Iran—Politics and government—18th century—Sources. | Afghanistan—Politics and government—Sources. | Diplomatics—Iran.
Classification: LCC DS294 .B37 2023 (print) | LCC DS294 (ebook) | DDC 955/.03—dc23/eng/20230809
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023034548
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ISSN 1569-7401
ISBN 978-90-04-54820-6 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-54821-3 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004548213
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