The Cambridge History of Iran

Iran from 1722–1979: political, social, economic and religious aspects of Iran.

P. Avery (Edited by), G. R. G. Hambly (Edited by), C. Melville (Edited by)

9780521200950, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 10 October 1991

1096 pages
30.3 x 17.7 x 6.4 cm, 1.735 kg

"This final volume of the Cambridge History of Iran, covering the Zand, Qajar, and Pahlavi periods, is a huge and handsome tome." Iranian Studies

This final volume of The Cambridge History of Iran covers the period from 1722 to 1979. Part I sets out the political framework. Beginning in the reign of Nadir Shah, it traces the establishment of the Qajar dynasty and the rise and fall of the Pahlavi autocracy. Part II discusses relations with the Ottoman Empire, Russia, European countries, Britain and British India. Part III covers economic and social developments, including systems of land tenure and revenue administration, the tribes, the traditional Iranian city, European economic penetration and the impact of the oil industry. In Part IV religious and cultural life is examined. There are chapters on religious change and Iranian arts and crafts - including architecture, ceramics, painting, metalwork and textiles, from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries - and popular entertainment, literature, and the press in modern Iran. The contributors to this volume represent the most informed and up-to-date international scholarship on the region. Together they have provided a unique survey of the modern period in Iranian history, leading up to the formation of the Islamic Republic.

List of plates
List of text figures
List of maps
List of genealogical tables
List of tables
Preface: Editorial note
Introduction
Part I. The Political Framework, 1722–1979
1. Nadir Shah and the Afsharid legacy Peter Avery
2. The Zand dynasty John Perry
3. Agha Muhammad Khan and the establishment of the Qajar dynasty Gavin R. G. Hambly
4. Iran during the reigns of Fath 'Ali Shah and Muhammad Shah Gavin R. G. Hambly
5. Iran under the later Qajars, 1848–1922 Nikki Keddie and Mehrdad Amanat
6. The Pahlavi autocracy: Riza Shah, 1921–1941 Gavin R. G. Hambly
7. The Pahlavi autocracy: Muhammad Riza Shah, 1941–1979 Gavin R. G. Hambly
Part II. Foreign Relations: 8. Iranian relations with the Ottoman Empire in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries Stanford Shaw
9. Iranian relations with Russia and the Soviet Union to 1921 F. Kazemzadeh
10. Iranian relations with the European Trading Companies to 1798 Rose Greaves
11. Iranian relations with Great Britain and British India, 1798–1921 Rose Greaves
12. Iranian foreign policy, 1921–1979 Amin Saikal
Part III. Economic And Social Developments: 13. Land tenure and revenue administration in the nineteenth century A. K. S. Lambton
14. The tribes in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Iran Richard Tapper
15. The traditional Iranian city in the Qajar period Gavin R. G. Hambly
16. European economic penetration, 1872–1921 Charles Issawi
17. Economic development, 1921–1979 K. S. MacLachlan
18. The Iranian oil industry Ronald Ferrier
Part IV.Religious And Cultural Life, 1721–1979
19. Religious forces in eighteenth-and nineteenth-century Iran Hamid Algar
20. Religious forces in twentieth-century Iran Hamid Algar
21. Popular entertainment, media and social change in twentieth-century Iran Peter Chelkowski
22. Painting, the press and literature in modern Iran Peter Avery
23. Persian painting under the Zand and Qajar dynasties B. W. Robinson
24. The arts of the eighteenth to twentieth centuries: architecture
ceramics
metalwork
textiles Jennifer Scarce.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]