About the Author

Kathryn Babayan is Assistant Professor of Iranian History and Culture at the University of Michigan.

Reviews

At the end of the journey we can agree that the author has offered us ‘a bridge to a past to which we are now blind.’ A pretty solid bridge it is, too, a work of great industry, erudition and insight… This is a book that will richly repay close reading and rereading, and makes a very important contribution to our understanding of both Safavid religious and political history, and the role of Sh’ite Islam in modern Iran.
*Times Literary Supplement*

This work seeks to shed light on the cultural landscape of early modern Iran, focusing on the role of the Qizilbash in creating myths to explain early existence.
*Choice*