Maziar Behrooz

Iran at War (eBook, PDF)

Interactions with the Modern World and the Struggle with Imperial Russia

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Produktbeschreibung

After the destructive decades following the fall of the Safavid Empire, the Qajar dynasty inherited a weakened state and the growing threat of European imperial powers, culminating in two wars with Russia. In this book, Maziar Behrooz provides a history of the Qajar dynasty's navigation of this difficult period, beginning with the reign of Aqa Muhammad Shah and ending with that of Fath Ali Shah. Examining the key decisions taken by Qajar, Russian, British and other actors, the book argues that a reevaluation of the early-Qajar period is required, one which acknowledges the failures of its rulers, while recognising the external constraints they were under, and their successes in reuniting a formerly fragmented state in the face of overwhelming technological, economic and military firepower.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780755637386
• Artikelnr.: 67495452

Autorenporträt

Maziar Behrooz is Associate Professor of History at San Francisco State University, USA. He has authored numerous articles and book chapters on the 19th and 20th-century history of Iran. His first book, Rebels with a Cause: the Failure of the Left in Iran (1999), has been translated into Persian and Turkish. His second book, Perspectives on the History of Rebels with a Cause in Iran (2006), is a translation of a collection of articles and interviews on the left movement in Iran, published in Tehran. To find out more please visit: https://faculty.sfsu.edu/~mroozbeh

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction 1. Qajar Reunification The Eunuch King and
reunification of Iran Aqa Muhammad Shah Defeat of the Zand Conquest of the
Caucasus 2. Iran: State and Society in the Early Nineteenth Century Fath
Ali Shah Qavanllu-Qajar Early Qajar state Social classes and land tenure
Ulama-state relations Early nineteenth-century society The Qajar military
3. Diplomacy and War: The First Russo-Iranian War, 1804-1813 Prelude to
war, 1801-1803 Abbas Mirza Qavanllu-Qajar Fall of Ganjeh, 1804 First siege
of Iravan, summer 1804 The Battle of Qarabagh and the siege of Ganjeh and
Badkubeh, 1805 Diplomacy and intrigue Battles of 1806 The Peaceful 1807 The
Gardane mission, 1807-1809 Second siege of Iravan and the Battle of
Nakhjavan, October-December 1808 The Jones Brydges mission, 1809-1810 4.
Interwar Years and the Second Russo-Iranian War The Interwar years Prelude
to war Russian policy toward the southeastern Caucasus Council of Sultanieh
The Battlefield Causes of the Second Russo-Iranian War The aftermath
Conclusion: Seven Points Chronology Appendix Biographies Notes Bibliography