List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on the Transliteration; Abbreviations; Note on Style; Introduction; Part I. The Coming of the Revolution 1896-1906; 1. The Political, Economic and social Background; 2. Islam, secularism and Modernisation; 3. Tabriz: The Politics and Economics of a north-western City; 4. Reform in shiraz: The People, Qavam al-Mulk, the state and the tribes; 5. Isfahan: The Religious Elite and Zill al-sultan; 6. Development and Reform in the south: Bushehr and the Rise of Mu'in al-Tujjar; Part II. The Period of the First Majlis 1906-1908.
7. Constitutional development, Local Government and the Role of Islam8. Tabriz: Islam, Radicalisation and Class struggle; 9. Shiraz: The Elite struggle, Islam and Popular Politics; 10. Isfahan: Haj aqa nurallah and the Emergence of Islamism in Isfahan 1907-1908; 11. Bushehr: Commercial Pragmatism and the Growth of Islamic activism; Conclusion; Glossary.
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With the ratification of a new constitution in December 1906, Iran embarked on a great movement of systemic and institutional change which, along with the introduction of new ideas, was to be one of the most abiding legacies of the first Iranian revolution - known as the Constitutional Revolution. This uprising was significant not only for introducing secular understandings of government, but also Islamic visions of what could constitute a national assembly. The events of the Constitutional Revolution in Tehran have been much discussed, but the provinces, despite their crucial role in the revo.