| PAGE | ||
| PREFACE | vii | |
| PART I | ||
| AN OUTLINE OF PERSIAN HISTORY DURING THE LAST FOUR CENTURIES | ||
| CHAPTER | ||
| I. | SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE ṢAFAWÍ DYNASTY | 3 |
| II. | THE CREATION OF THE ṢAFAWÍ POWER TO 930/1524. SHÁH ISMA'ÍL AND HIS ANCESTORS | 32 |
| III. | CULMINATION AND DECLINE OF THE ṢAFAWÍ POWER, FROM SHÁH ṬAHMÁSP (A.D. 1524-1576) TO SHÁH ḤUSAYN (A.D. 1694-1722) | 84 |
| IV. | AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF PERSIA DURING THE LAST TWO CENTURIES (A.D. 1722-1922) | 121 |
| PART II | ||
| PERSIAN VERSE DURING THE LAST FOUR CENTURIES | ||
| V. | SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE LATER AND ESPECIALLY THE RELIGIOUS POETRY OF THE PERSIANS | 161 |
| VI. | POETS OF THE CLASSICAL TRADITION. PRE-QÁJÁR PERIOD (A.D. 1500-1800) | 224 |
| VII. | POETS OF THE QÁJÁR PERIOD | 298 |
| PART III | ||
| PERSIAN PROSE DURING THE LAST FOUR CENTURIES | ||
| VIII. | THE ORTHODOX SHÍ'A FAITH AND ITS EXPONENTS, THE MUJTAHIDS AND MULLÁS | 353 |
| IX. | PROSE WRITERS UNTIL A.D. 1850 | 412 |
| X. | THE MOST MODERN DEVELOPMENTS (A.D. 1850 ONWARDS) | 458 |
| INDEX | 491 | |