| #1774333 in Books | 2008-02-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x.46 x5.98l,.60 | File type: PDF | 200 pages|||"[Marashi's] study is an accessible and meaningful contribution to the history of late Qajar and early Pahlavi Iran, and can be read profitably by scholars and students alike. And, like all the best academic research, it reminds us how much more there is to le
When Naser al-Din Shah, who ruled Iran from 1848 to 1896, claimed the title Shadow of God on Earth, his authority rested on premodern conceptions of sacred kingship. By 1941, when Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi came to power, his claim to authority as the Shah of Iran was infused with the language of modern nationalism. In short, between roughly 1870 and 1940, Iran's traditional monarchy was forged into a modern nation-state.
In Nationalizing Iran, Afshin Maras...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Nationalizing Iran: Culture, Power, and the State, 1870-1940 | Afshin Marashi. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
