The Persianate World

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org . Persian is one of the great lingua francas of world history. Yet despite its recognition as a shared language across the Islamic world and beyond, its scope, impact, and mechanisms remain underexplored. A world historical inquiry into pre-modern cosmopolitanism,  The Persianate World  traces the reach and limits of Persian as a Eurasian language in a comprehensive survey of its geographical, liter