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War and peace in Qajar Persia : implications past and present / edited by Roxane Farmanfarmaian.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- History and society in the Islamic world.
- History and society in the Islamic world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iran--History.
- Iran.
- Iran--History--Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925.
- Iran--History, Military.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With new and existing evidence being reconsidered, this edited collection takes a multidisciplinary approach to discussing the Qajar system within the context of the wars that engulfed it and the periods of peace that ensued. It throws new light on the decision-making processes, the restraints on action, and the political exigencies at play during the Qajar years.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Contributor list; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Prologue: The dream of empire; Part I: War; 1 Between Scylla and Charybdis: Policy-making under conditions of constraint in early Qajar Persia; 2 Building a new army: Military reform in Qajar Iran; 3 The Turko-Persian War 1821-1823: Winning the war but losing the peace; 4 Social networks and border conflicts: The First Herat War 1838-1841; Part II: Peace; 5 The consolidation of Iran's frontier on the Persian Gulf in the nineteenth century
- 6 Narrowing the frontier: Mid-nineteenth century efforts to delimit and map the Perso-Ottoman boundary7 Crime, security, and insecurity: Socio-political conditions of Iran, 1875-1924; 8 Merchants without borders: Trade, travel, and a revolution in late Qajar Iran (The memoirs of Hajj Mohammad-Taqi Jourabchi, 1906-1911); 9 The politics of concession: Reassessing the interlinkage of Persia's finances, British intrigue and Qajar negotiation; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-10307-7
- 1-134-10308-5
- 1-281-14243-3
- 9786611142438
- 0-203-93830-5
- 9780203938300
- OCLC:
- 191891811
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