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CERAMICS xv. The Islamic Period, 16th-19th centuries
Although several European travelers to Persia in the 17th century reported active potteries at some cities, there are no detailed records that would assist in attributing specific pieces surviving from the rule of the Safavid dynasty (1501-1732) to any one of them.
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EGYPT iii. Relations in the Seleucid and Parthian periods
It remains difficult to ascertain the proportion of ethnic Persians who survived the transition from Achaemenid to Hellenistic rule in Egypt or who came to that country after the conquest by Alexander.