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The Persian Canon: How Shah Abbas Built a Library Empire
In episode 202 of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna dive into the forgotten world of the Safavid kitabkhana — the royal library and workshop that was the beating heart of Persian artistic and intellectual life. Shah Ismail I founded it in Tabriz, Shah Tahmasp moved it to Qazvin, and Shah Abbas the Great relocated it to Isfahan, where it became a machine for producing illuminated manuscripts, calligraphy, and miniature paintings that influenced courts from Istanbul to Agra. Discover the roles of the kitabkhana's staff — the librarian, the calligraphers, the gilders, the binders — and how the…
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