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The Shah and I : the confidential diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-1977 / Asadollah Alam ; introduced and edited by Alinaghi Alikhani ; translated into English by Alinaghi Alikhani and Nicholas Vincent.
Van Pelt Library DS316.9.A35 A3 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alam, Asadollah, 1919-1978.
- Standardized Title:
- Yādʹdāshtʹhā-yi ʻAlam. English
- Language:
- English
- Persian
- Subjects (All):
- Alam, Asadollah, 1919-1978--Diaries.
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 1919-1980.
- Alam, Asadollah, 1919-1978.
- Statesmen--Iran--Diaries.
- Statesmen.
- Iran--Politics and government--1941-1979.
- Iran.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Diaries.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 568 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2008.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Persian.
- Summary:
- Asadollah Alam, an urbane aristocrat from the oldest of Iran' s great families, was the Shah' s most trusted friend and confidant. As Prime Minister in 1962, Alam orchestrated the defeat of Ayatollah Khomeini' s first serious challenge to the Pahlavi regime. Subsequently he was made Minister of Court, a position of unique power and influence, which he retained until 1977. Alam' s diaries cover a nine-year period with remarkable frankness, recording his almost daily meetings and conversations with the Shah.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781845113728
- 1845113721
- OCLC:
- 77797312
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