{"product_id":"persian-historical-documents-in-the-book-depositories-of-georgia-sparsuli-istoriuli-sabutebi-sakartvelos-tsigntsatsavebshi-book-i-1961-in-georgian-and-persian","title":"Persian Historical Documents in the Book Depositories of Georgia (Sp'arsuli istoriuli sabutebi Sakartvelos ts'igntsatsavebshi). Book I, 1961. In Georgian and Persian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eსპარსული ისტორიული საბუთები საქართველოს წიგნთსაცავებში. წიგნი I, ნაკვეთი 1 \/ გამოსცა და წინასიტყვაობა დაურთო ვლადიმერ ფუთურიძემ ; საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემია, საქართველოს შესახებ არსებული უცხოური წყაროების კომისია.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემიის გამომცემლობა, 1961. 98 გვერდი, 28 ფურცელი ილუსტრაცია ; 22 სმ.\u003cbr\u003eსერია: საქართველოს ისტორიის წყაროები ; საქართველოს ისტორიის უცხოური წყაროები, №3.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი ყდა. ტირაჟი 1000 ც.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003ePersian Historical Documents in the Book Depositories of Georgia. Book I, Fascicle 1 \/ edited, with an introductory study, by Vladimir Puturidze ; Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR, Commission for the Publication of Foreign Sources on Georgia.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi: Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR Press, 1961. 98 pp., 28 leaves of facsimile plates (several folding) ; 22 cm.\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Sources of the History of Georgia ; Foreign Sources on the History of Georgia, no. 3. First edition.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover. Print run of 1,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: light rubbing at extremities. Text block good: internally clean, all 28 facsimile plates present and intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the founding fascicle of one of the most consequential documentary series in Safavid-Georgian historical studies: the first installment (issued 1961, with three further fascicles following through 1977) of Vladimir Puturidze's edition of Persian royal decrees preserved in Georgian archives and manuscript institutes. Puturidze, the leading Georgian orientalist-philologist of his generation, here assembles thirty-four firmans and related documents issued by successive Safavid shahs, Tahmasp I, Abbas I, Safi I, and Abbas II, spanning 1541 to 1664, addressing land grants, tax exemptions, military appointments, and administrative affairs across territories from Shirvan and Karabakh to Kartli and Kakheti. Each document is presented in facsimile, transcribed in the original Persian, and translated into Georgian, with Russian summaries and a scholarly terminological glossary and indices. The volume's significance extends well beyond Georgian bibliophily: it is cited repeatedly as a primary source in the Encyclopaedia Iranica's authoritative entries on Safavid chancellery practice and administrative terminology, underscoring its standing as an indispensable reference for the study of Persian diplomatics, Safavid statecraft, and Georgian-Iranian relations. Issued in a modest run of 1,000 copies by the Georgian Academy of Sciences' Commission for the Publication of Foreign Sources on Georgia, complete first editions of the initial fascicle are now genuinely difficult to locate on the market, appealing equally to specialists in Iranian studies, Caucasian history, and Islamic manuscript diplomatics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44532862582826,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6926_82e122e1-1c95-4254-87c6-71ffbe010faa.jpg?v=1783226769","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/persian-historical-documents-in-the-book-depositories-of-georgia-sparsuli-istoriuli-sabutebi-sakartvelos-tsigntsatsavebshi-book-i-1961-in-georgian-and-persian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}