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Isfahan: History of the Safavids

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the Safavid dynasty, from its earliest beginnings with the Sufi order, to the final end marked by Afghanis laying siege to Isfahan during the summer of 1722.
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Handout
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Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Law of Rhythm

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Hazrat Inayat Khan with a long excerpt from his book "The Music of Life," where Khan discusses the mechanism and machinery of the world, which keeps going "by the law of rhythm."
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BBC

Bbc: The Safavid Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC surveys the history of the Persian Safavid Empire (1501-1722) in what is now modern Iran. Founded by the Sufi Brotherhood, it adopted the Shi'a version of Islam and the cause of the hidden Imam, which still influences the...