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About the Author
Rudi Matthee is Professor of History at the University of Delaware. He is the author of The Politics of Trade in Safavid Iran: Silk for Silver, 1600–1730.
Mage published The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs & Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900.