Contents: Introduction 1.Literary Trends: Languages and the Scribes 2.Literary Trends: Persian Compositions and Travelogues 3.Contexts and Milieus of Power and Authority 4.Towards Consolidation: Ligitimacy,Power,Authority 5.Economy and Society 6.Religion and State 7.Gender, Art and other Cultural Patterns 8.Regions and Regional kingdoms:Interactions and Responses 9.The Eighteenth Century