Учился у
Минорского
в
Школе востоковедения и африканистики
(School of Oriental and African Studies) в Лондоне. Там же опубликовал первые работы по государственным структурам в сефевидском Иране
. В 1971 году Сейвори организовал первую академическую конференцию «Iranian Civilization and Culture» по Ирану в Канаде. Автор книг «Introduction to Islamic Civilisation»
и «Iran Under the Safavids»
.
Savory, R. M. & Wickens, G. M. (1964) Persia in Islamic Times: a Practical Bibliography of its History, Culture and Language, W.J. Watson (ed.), Montreal: Institute of Islamic Studies,
McGill University
.
Savory, R. M. (ed.) (1976) Introduction to Islamic Civilisation, New York:
Cambridge University Press
. Reprint. (1980) «Students edition», New Delhi: Vikas.
Eskandar Beg Monshi
(1978) The History of Shaah ‘Abbās the Great (Tārīkh-e ‘Ālamārā-ye ‘Abbāsī), 2 vols., R.M. Savory (trans.), Persian Heritage Series no. 28, Boulder:
Westview Press
.
Savory, R. M. (1980) Iran Under the Safavids, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Savory, R. M. (1980) The Persian Gulf States: a General Survey,
C.E. Bosworth
, R.M. Burrel, K.M. Mclachlan & R.M. Savory (eds.), general ed. A.J. Coltrell, Baltimore and London:
Johns Hopkins University
Press.
Savory, R. M. & Agius, D. A. (eds.) (1984) Logos Islamikos: Studia Islamica in Honorem Georgii Michaelis Wickens, Papers in Mediaeval Studies no. 6, Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
Savory, R. M. (1987) Studies on the History of Safavid Iraan, London: Variorum Reprints.
Примечания
«The Principal Offices of the Safawid State During the Reign of Ismail I (907-30/1501-24)» BSOAS 23, 1960, pp. 91-105
«The Principal Offices of the Safawid State During the Reign of Tahmasp (930-84/1524-76)» BSOAS 24, 1961, pp. 65-85