DASTURAL-MOLUK. A manual of administration in Persian from the end of the Safavid period. It was composed by Moḥammad Rafiʿ…

SOUTHEAST ASIA i. PERSIAN PRESENCE IN A cohesive, comprehensive, and chronological account of the Persian cultural presence in Southeast Asia…

TĀJ AL-SALĀṬIN, a book in the genre of Mirror for Princes written in Malay by Boḵāri Jawhari (fl. early 17th…

TAḎKERAT al-MOLUK (Memorial for kings), Persian manual from the transitional period between the collapse of the Safavid empire at the…

THAILAND-IRAN RELATIONS. Iran’s cultural and trade relations with Southeast Asia date back far into the pre-Islamic period. With regard to…

SAFINE-ye SOLAYMANI (“Ship of Solayman,” henceforth SS), a Persian travel account of an embassy sent by the Safavid ruler Shah…