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Crisis, collapse, militarism and civil war : the history and historiography of 18th century Iran / Michael Axworthy. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iran--History--16th-18th centuries.
- Iran.
- Civil war--Iran.
- Civil war.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- This work brings together the best scholarship available on many disputed and controversial aspects of this crucially formative period of Iranian history.
- Contents:
- What's in a name? : periodization and 18th century Iran / Gene Garthwaite
- Historiographical notes on the eighteenth century in Iranian history : chaos and decline, imperial dreams, or regional specificity? / Rudi Matthee
- The awkwardness of Nader Shah / Michael Axworthy
- Reflections on Iran and the Ottomans after Nader Shah / Ernest Tucker
- Whatever happened to the School of Isfahan? Studying Hikmat in the 18th century / Sajjad Rizvi
- Of mullas, migration and manuscripts : aspects of Shi︢i community life in the in the 18th century / Andrew Newman
- The economy of Afsharid Iran : a dismal story / Willem Floor
- Reflections on tribal resurgence / Willem Floor
- Quiet encroachment : Iran-Russia relations in the 18th century based on archival documents / Goodarz Rashtiani
- Persia 1700-1750 : some views from Central and Southern Europe / Giorgio Rota
- Nader Shah, the Delhi loot, and the eighteenth-century exotics of empire / Sussan Babaie.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 7, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-025034-8
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