Crisis, collapse, militarism, and civil war : the history and istoriography of 18th century Iran /

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...

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Main Author: Axworthy, Michael (Author, Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.