« A Sugar banquet for the Shah: Anglo-Dutch competition at the Iranian court of Šāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn (r. 1694-1722) », in : Michele Bernardini, Masashi Haneda, Maria Szuppe, eds., Eurasian Studies [Liber Amicorum : Études sur l’Iran médiéval et

This article details the invitation and singular visit of Šāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn (r. 1694-1722) to the main Isfahani residency of the East India Company in 1699. Matthee provides a lucid description of late 17th century Iranian political economy, and the degree to which Dutch and English East India Company officials contested one another over access to staple commodities (namely silk). Most important, however, was the ability to access the Safavid royal household, and enter into direct negotiation.