This lavishly illustrated book collects papers delivered at the third Gingko conference: “The Mercantile Effect: On Art and Exchange in the Islamicate World During 17th ?18th Centuries.” H
Since the Shah went into exile and the Islamic Republic was established in 1979 in the wake of the Iranian Revolution, the very idea of monarchy in Iran has been contentious. Yet, as Persian Kingship
Babaie (Islamic art history, U. of Michigan), Kathryn Babayan (Iranian history and culture, U. of Michican), Ina Baghdiantz-McCabe (Armenian history, Tufts U.), and Massumeh Farhad (curator of Islamic
