The commentaries of D. García de Silva y Figueroa on his embassy to Shah Abbas I of Persia on behalf of Philip III, King of Spain / translated from the Original Spanish manuscript by Jeffrey S. Turley ; edited, with an introduction and annotations by Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silva y Figueroa, García de, author.

Contributor:

Turley, Jeffrey Scott, translator, editor, writer of introduction, annotator.

Souza, George Bryan, editor, writer of introduction, annotator.

Series:

European expansion and indigenous response ; Volume 26.

European Expansion and Indigenous Response, 1873-8974 ; Volume 26

Standardized Title:

Comentarios de D. Garcia de Silva y Figueroa de la embajada que de parte del rey de España Don Felipe III hizo al rey xa Abas de Persia. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Spain--Foreign relations--Iran--Sources.

Spain.

Iran--Foreign relations--Spain--Sources.

Iran.

Spain--Foreign relations--1516-1700--Sources.

Iran--History--16th-18th centuries--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (926 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, tables.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

The Commentaries is the first complete English language translation, with complete annotations, of a unique and extraordinary memoir from the pen of the erudite Spanish soldier-diplomat D. García de Silva y Figueroa over the course of his embassy to Persia (1614–1624). The Commentaries transcend the travel-literature genre, emerging as a precocious European intellectual global history that is remarkable for its encyclopedic breadth, its historical depth, and its ethnographic and even artistic sensitivity. The Commentaries will be of interest to historians, ethnographers, and literary critics, or anyone with an interest in early modern European accounts of the encounter between the Portuguese and Spanish Empires and Safavid Persia during the early modern period.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza

Introduction / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza

[The Voyage to India April–November 1614] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza

Description of the Island and City of Goa / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza

[Goa to Hormuz 21 March–12 October 1617] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza

[Journey to Qazvīn and Meeting with Shah, 12 October 1617–1618] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza

[Report on the Regions of the Persian Empire] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza

[Long-delayed Meetings with Shah ʿAbbās i in Eṣfahān and Return to Goa, 27 July 1618–15 December 1620] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza

[First Attempt to Return to Spain and Forced Return from Mozambique to Goa. Account of Loss of Qeshm and Hormuz. D. García de Silva y Figueroa’s Final Departure from Goa. 19 December 1620–28 April 1624] / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza

Bibliography / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza

Index / Jeffrey S. Turley and George Bryan Souza.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-34632-5

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004346321 DOI