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1 - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2022

Mehran Kamrava
Mehran Kamrava
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Qatar
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This chapter introduces the volume, stating the central objective of the book – namely, tracing the rise, consolidation, and fall of Iran’s last two dynasties – and the political, social, and economic changes that each of the two dynasties, the Qajars and the Pahlavis, effected in Iran.

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IntroductionQajarsPahlavisdynastydevelopmentstate-buildingstate collapserevolution
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A Dynastic History of Iran
From the Qajars to the Pahlavis
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Introduction
  • Mehran Kamrava, Georgetown University, Qatar
  • Book: A Dynastic History of Iran
  • Online publication: 18 August 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009224628.002
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  • Introduction
  • Mehran Kamrava, Georgetown University, Qatar
  • Book: A Dynastic History of Iran
  • Online publication: 18 August 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009224628.002
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  • Introduction
  • Mehran Kamrava, Georgetown University, Qatar
  • Book: A Dynastic History of Iran
  • Online publication: 18 August 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009224628.002
Available formats
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