Shah Tahmasp I Author

Shah Tahmasp I (1514-1576) was the second ruler of the Safavid dynasty of Iran (1501-1722). A.C.S. Peacock is Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Islamic History, University of St Andrews, UK, and Fellow of the British Academy. He has published widely on Iranian and Ottoman history, including The Great Seljuk Empire (2015) and the edited volume Frontiers of the Ottoman World (2009).