The Muslim empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals /
Stephen Frederic Dale.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- xiv, 347 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- New approaches to Asian history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-320) and index.
India, Iran, and Anatolia from the tenth to the sixteenth century -- Rise of Muslim empires -- Legitimacy of monarchs and the institutions of empires -- Economies around 1600 -- Imperial cultures -- Golden ages : profane and sacred empires -- Imperial culture in the golden age -- Quests for a phoenix.