The Qajar Pact : bargaining, protest and the state in nineteenth-century Persia

Author/Creator:

Martin, Vanessa

Publication/Creation:

London : New York : I. B. Tauris, 2005

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

The Qajar Pact : bargaining, protest and the state in nineteenth-century Persia / Vanessa Martin

Series Titles:

International library of Iranian studies ; v. 4
International library of Iranian studies ; 4.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Civil society--Iran--History--19th century
Social structure--Iran--History--19th century
Iran--History--Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925
Iran--Social conditions--19th century
Iran--Politics and government--19th century

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Background: religion, society, politics and trade -- The people, the state and the British in Bushire and Kharg Island 1836-1850 -- Shiraz: urban protest and the balance of power in fars -- Isfahan: popular protest, social control and the emergence of collaboration -- Popular demonstrations by women in nineteenth century Iran -- The Lutis, the turbulent urban poor -- Sarbaz--the unruly soldiery -- Slavery and black slaves in Iran in the nineteenth century -- Slaves II: Haji Bashir Khan--love in a complicated climate.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

x, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990005270530302486

ISBN:

1850437637 (hbk.)
9781850437635 (hbk.)

OCLC Number:

58999695

Barcode:

010001163111