Notes on Timurid Legitimacy in Three Safavid Chronicles

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ID9977257
AuthorsSholeh A Quinn (Ohio University, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume31
Issue2
Pages149-158
Publication date1998-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIranian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00210869808701902
OpenAlexW2052056785
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited11

In his Study on Afsharid Historiography, Ernest Tucker has Shown that Nadir Shah's chroniclers depicted him as the restorer of the Safavid dynasty, and appealed to notions of Safavid legitimacy in their histories. One chronicler, Muhammad Kazim Marvi, accomplished this partly by relating how Nadir Shah found a tablet (lawḥ) upon which Timur had inscribed instructions for Nadir Shah. Although Marvi was predominantly appealing to Safavid legitimacy, in the process he also linked Nadir's name with Timur. Laurence Lockhart notes a number of similarities between Nadir and Timur, indicating instances where Nadir seems to have modeled his reign on Timur's. These include (1) Nadir's naming his grandson Shahrukh, (2) Nadir's wife and Timur's daughter-in-law (wife of Shahrukh) both sharing the same name, Gawhar Shad, and (3) Nadir's use of certain Timurid military tactics

Ancient history · Archaeology · Geometry · Historiography · Inscribed figure · Legitimacy · Nadir · Political science · Reign · Engineering · Families in Therapy and Culture · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Mathematics · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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