عنوان

Crisis, collapse, militarism, and civil war

Qualification

(alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

978-0-19-025032-4

Number

569322

System Control Number

(DGU)ocm00000NEW

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Crisis, collapse, militarism, and civil war

General Material Designation

[book]

Other Title Information

the history and historiography of 18th century Iran

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Michael Axworthy.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York ;

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Pressو

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 247 p.

Other Physical Details

ill. Tables

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (notes at the end of each chapter) and index.

Text of Note

What's in a name? : periodization and 18th century Iran / Gene Garthwaite -- Historiographical notes on the eighteenth century in Iranian history : chaos and decline, imperial dreams, or regional specificity? / Rudi Matthee -- The awkwardness of Nader Shah / Michael Axworthy -- Reflections on Iran and the Ottomans after Nader Shah / Ernest Tucker -- Whatever happened to the School of Isfahan? Studying Hikmat in the 18th century / Sajjad Rizvi -- Of mullas, migration and manuscripts : aspects of Shi︢i community life in the in the 18th century / Andrew Newman -- The economy of Afsharid Iran : a dismal story / Willem Floor -- Reflections on tribal resurgence / Willem Floor -- Quiet encroachment : Iran-Russia relations in the 18th century based on archival documents / Goodarz Rashtiani -- Persia 1700-1750 : some views from Central and Southern Europe / Giorgio Rota -- Nader Shah, the Delhi loot, and the eighteenth-century exotics of empire / Sussan Babaie.

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Text of Note

The eighteenth century was a crucial era in modern Iranian history, but the scholarship on the epoch is extremely limited. Among the reasons for this is the fact that it was largely a terrible period, plagued by war, economic collapse, governmental breakdown, and general misery. It has been estimated that the population of the country fell from around 9 million in 1700 to perhaps 6 million in 1899. Indeed, in the 1720s it seemed likely that Iran would disappear altogether, partitioned between her neighbors. Within a few years, the country surged back to regional pre-eminence under the rule of military genius Nader Shah, but lapsed again into civil war after his untimely death in 1747. The subsequent civil wars lasted almost until the end of the century except for a couple of brief interludes of relative calm. After decades of violence and economic dislocation, the end of the century saw the crowning of Agha Mohammad Shah, the first of the Qajar dynasty that lasted until 1925.

Parallel Title

History of eighteenth century Iran

Entry Element

Civil war

Geographical Subdivision

Iran.

Entry Element

Iran

Topical Subdivision

History

Chronological Subdivision

16th-18th centuries.

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Code

a-ir---

Edition

Class number

Book number

Entry Element

Axworthy, Michael,

Country

ایران

Agency

University of Tehran. Central Library and Documentation Center

Date of Transaction

20210410111017.0

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