From Qajar to Pahlavi: Iran, 1919-1930 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761840299)

The 1920s saw the creation of numerous new monarchies and regimes in the Middle East. This book gives a detailed history of the new regime change in Iran in the 1920s. Using U.S. State Department archives, Mohammad Gholi Majd first describes the overthrow of the Qajar dynasty, which ruled Iran since the 1790s, and its replacement by the Pahlavi monarchy in 1925. He then describes the consolidation of the new regime and suppression of the opposition between 1926 and 1930. By 1931, resistance to the Pahlavi regime and the harsh response thereto set the stage for a long struggle between the Pahlavi monarchy and the Ulama that ended with the Islamic Revolution in 1979. This book is the first detailed and documented history of Iran during 1919-1930 in the English language.

Author: Mohammad Gholi Majd
ISBN-10: 076184029X
ISBN-13: 9780761840299
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2008
Pages: 466
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.08w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 57
Choice 03/01/2009