Thou Shalt Not Enter the Bazaar on Rainy Days! Zemmi Merchants in Safavid Isfahan: Shiʿite Feqh Meeting Social Reality

Abstract Many Muslim and non-Muslim merchants from East and West were attracted to Safavid Isfahan, the new “center of the world,” a city that also played host to its own mercantile communities, among them many zemmi traders—Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians. As representatives of the newly-establi...

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Main Author: Kiyanrad, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Journal of Persianate studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 158-185
Further subjects:B Trade
B Safavids
B zemmis
B non-Muslim merchants
B Shiʿite feqh
B Isfahan
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