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In the shadow of the king : Zill al-Sultān and Isfahān under the Qājārs / Heidi A. Walcher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walcher, Heidi A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ẓill al-Sulṭān, Masʻūd ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn, 1849-1918.
- Princes--Iran--Biography.
- Princes.
- Iṣfahān (Iran)--Biography.
- Iran.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 508 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd. : distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The City of Religion and Opium 1
- Urban Images: From the Abode of Monarchy to the Welkin of Islam and the Camel 6
- Agronomy and the Merchant City 11
- Cash Crops: Opium, Cotton, Tobacco 15
- Politics of Urban Topography: Armenian New Julfa 23
- Demographics: Inconclusive Numbers 28
- The Inner-urban Alter Ego: The Jews 30
- The Shadow of the King 35
- Welkin of Islam: the Center of Shi'ism 39
- The Aqayan-i Masjid-i Shah 43
- I Trading the Karun Navigation Rights for the Star of India 56
- The Evolution of the Karun Scheme 57
- Circumventing the Shah 59
- The Star of India 63
- The Zill al-Sultan's Karun Projects 66
- Persian Competitors 68
- New Diplomacy 70
- The Navigation Rights 73
- II A Blind Star will not Become the Moon: The Zill al-Sultan's Eclipse 79
- Military Might 79
- Bargaining for the British Decoration 87
- Dismantling Princely Power 91
- Reactions 94
- Discussing Aetiologies 98
- Debating a British Consulate 105
- III Taqi is Not Afraid of Your Unloaded Cannons 112
- Revival of the Law of 'Umar 114
- Against the Babis of Najafabad 118
- The Feast of Trumpets at Pir-i Bakran 123
- Sidih: Resuming the Babi Crusade 128
- Unmitigated Return 135
- IV Defeating the British Tobacco Monopoly 141
- The Scene of Isfahan 142
- Inauguration of the Regie Concession 144
- Clerical Boycott and Princely Subversion 147
- Cancellation of the Monopoly 154
- Repercussions 157
- V Anti-British Resistance and Other Trade Wars 164
- The Creation of the Imperial Bank of Persia 164
- Rape at the Bank in Yazd 170
- Chasing Hajji Mirza Khalil Khan 172
- Trade Embargoes 174
- Grain Speculations and the Dream of Hajji Akhund 178
- Intrusion into the Holy City 184
- Asphyxia: The Hotz Suffocation Case 188
- Shirkat-i Islamiyih: The Islamic Company 200
- VI The Anglican Gospel for Persia 204
- From the Great Famine to the First School 205
- Evangelizing the Muslims 209
- Maneuvering Between Mercantilism and Religious Loyalty 215
- The Babi Connection 223
- Aqa Najafi's Pilgrimage to Mashhad 226
- Sakinih's Conversion 228
- Whither the Reverend Tisdall 232
- Visiting the Wrong Hamam 234
- Benjamin's Trial 237
- The Anglican Impact 239
- VII Proselytizing the Jews 244
- The School for the Jews 245
- Mirza Nurallah's Expulsion 249
- Ongoing: The School in Jubarih 253
- Business Interests: Crossing Religious Communalism 258
- VIII Disintegration and Unrest 266
- Establishing a Russian Consulate 267
- Renegotiating Anglo-Isfahani Relations 269
- Reservations of the Albion 274
- 1903 Babi Massacres 279
- Changing Positions 287
- Revolutionary Backwaters 291
- IX Rise of the Light of God: From Princely Absolutism to Tribal Rule 296
- Electing Parliamentary Representatives and the Creation of the Holy National Council of Isfahan 298
- The Petition of Validan 304
- The Fall of the Zill al-Sultan 306
- Between the Republic of Isfahan and Business as Usual 314
- Rule of the Anjuman 318
- Reaching for the Throne 321
- The Nurallah-Bakhtiyari Revolt 326
- Extracting Cash 334
- Preparing the Coup d'Etat 337
- Staying the Course 339.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781850434344
- 1850434344
- OCLC:
- 148904956
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