| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) |
| Series |
Library of modern Middle East studies ; 43 |
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Library of modern Middle East studies ; 43.
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| Contents |
The First World War, great power rivalries and the emergence of a political community in Iran / Touraj Atabaki -- The Iranian provisional government / Mansoureh Ettehadiyyeh -- Going East : the Ottomans' secret service activities in Iran / Touraj Atabaki -- Iranian nationalism and the government gendarmerie / Staphanie Cronin -- A Kurdish warlord on the Turkish-Persian frontier in the early Twentieth century : Isma'il Aqa Simko / Martin van Bruinessen -- Ahmad Kasravi on the revolt of Sheikh Mohammad Khiyabani / Homa Katouzian -- Pan-Turkism and Iranian nationalism / Touraj Atabaki -- The Populists of Rasht : pan-Islamism and the role of the central powers / Pezhmann Dailami -- The Council for international propaganda and the establishment of the Iranian Communist Party / Oliver Bast |
| Summary |
The First World War, leading to the overthrow of the Qajar regime and replacement by Reza Shah, was pivotal in the history of modern Iran. The Constitutional Revolution of 1906-09 aimed to abolish the arbitrary regime and bring in a modern constitution and parliament. But growing provincial unrest and rebellion by nomadic peoples brought chaos and instability, heightened by the strains of war and intervention by foreign powers. Iran was on the brink of disintegration, modernisation had failed, and growing frustration and pressure from the disillusioned middle classes, intelligentsia and urban population, set the stage for centralisation of power under the Man of Order - Reza Shah |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-222) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Iran
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First World War.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- Iran.
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Qajar Dynasty (Iran)
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- History -- Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067900
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Iran -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067903
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| Subject |
Iran
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Atabaki, Touraj.
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| ISBN |
9781786734679 |
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1786734672 |
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9781786724670 |
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1786724677 |
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