Treaty of Zohab, 1639

Foundational Myth or Foundational Document

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9978281
AutoresSabri Ates (0009-0001-4054-9992, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen52
Número3-4
Páginas397-423
Fecha de publicación2019-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaIranian Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00210862.2019.1653172
OpenAlexW2976141938
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas14

Beginning with their first confrontation in 1514, the Ottomans and the dynasties ruling over Iran fought over the borderlands extending from the Persian Gulf to Mount Ararat. The transformation of this indeterminate borderland into a clearly defined and increasingly monitored border took almost four centuries. It became an internationally recognized border only after seven decades (1843–1914) of intermittent work by mixed international commissions. Despite such a tangled history, a well-entrenched tradition of Middle Eastern history suggests that the Iranian–Ottoman frontier was firmly established by the Qasr-i Shirin/Zohab Treaty of 1639; and it is one of the oldest boundaries of the world. The myth of 1639 is powerfully enshrined in the historiographies and nationalisms of the countries sharing this boundary. Questioning this myth in the light of Ottoman–Iranian relations, this paper analyzes different versions of 1639 Treaty that were brought to boundary negotiations and exist in various chronicles, and suggests an alternative reading of this foundational myth

Ancient history · Frontier · Mythology · Negotiation · Peace treaty · Political science · Politics · Treaty · Classics · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East