David Morgan is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His previous publications include Medieval Historical Writing in the Christian and Islamic Worlds (1982) and The Mongols (second edition 2007).

"David Morgan's Medieval Persia 1040-1797 is an ideal textbook for courses on the medieval and early modern Middle East. Concise, accurate, and highly readable, it remains the best introduction to its subject."Adam Sabra, University of California Santa Barbara, USA"A tour de force by a master of his craft. Morgan's Medieval Persia guide's the reader eloquently through a thousand years of Persian history with a fluency that renders a complex period accessible to the lay reader while retaining details of interest for the specialist. This is an essential read for all students of Iranian history."Ali Ansari, University of St Andrews, UK

• Preface 1. The Land and People of Persia 2. Persia in the Early Islamic Centuries 3. Turkish Rule in Persia 4. Institutions of Saljũq Government 5. The Later Saljũq Period and its Aftermath 6. The Mongols and their coming to Persia 7. The Early Mongol Rulers 8 The Barbarians Civilized? Ghazan and his successors 9. The Empire of Tamerlane 10. Persia in the Fifteenth Century: The Timurids 11. Persia in the Fifteenth Century: The Türkman Dynasties 12. Shãh Ism ail I and the Established of Shi ism 13. Crisis, Recovery and Crisis 14 The Apogee of the Safawid Empire 15 The Second Century of Safawid Rule 16 Persia in the Eighteenth Century. Conclusion

David Morgan is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His previous publications include Medieval Historical Writing in the Christian and Islamic Worlds (1982) and The Mongols (second edition 2007).

"David Morgan's Medieval Persia 1040-1797 is an ideal textbook for courses on the medieval and early modern Middle East. Concise, accurate, and highly readable, it remains the best introduction to its subject."Adam Sabra, University of California Santa Barbara, USA"A tour de force by a master of his craft. Morgan's Medieval Persia guide's the reader eloquently through a thousand years of Persian history with a fluency that renders a complex period accessible to the lay reader while retaining details of interest for the specialist. This is an essential read for all students of Iranian history."Ali Ansari, University of St Andrews, UK

• Preface 1. The Land and People of Persia 2. Persia in the Early Islamic Centuries 3. Turkish Rule in Persia 4. Institutions of Saljũq Government 5. The Later Saljũq Period and its Aftermath 6. The Mongols and their coming to Persia 7. The Early Mongol Rulers 8 The Barbarians Civilized? Ghazan and his successors 9. The Empire of Tamerlane 10. Persia in the Fifteenth Century: The Timurids 11. Persia in the Fifteenth Century: The Türkman Dynasties 12. Shãh Ism ail I and the Established of Shi ism 13. Crisis, Recovery and Crisis 14 The Apogee of the Safawid Empire 15 The Second Century of Safawid Rule 16 Persia in the Eighteenth Century. Conclusion