{"product_id":"making-and-remaking-empire-in-assef-ashraf-9781009361552","title":"Making and Remaking Empire in Early Qajar Iran","description":"In 1722, the Safavid empire collapsed. An empire that ruled for over two centuries, in its heyday it spanned parts of Central Asia, the Caucasus, and present-day Iran. The decades following its fall were ones of unrest and discord, and it was only with the rise of the Qajars in the 1780s that a level of stability was restored. Assef Ashraf devotes this book to an analysis of the making of the Qajar empire. It adopts a socially-oriented approach to political history - an approach that examines the discourse and political practices, and the centers and peripheries, of empire. Each chapter focuses on a particular practice that was at the heart of Qajar governance - land administration, gift giving, marriage, political correspondence, provincial diplomacy, and territorial conquest and tribal relations. By situating the formation of Qajar Iran in its early nineteenth-century context, Ashraf highlights the overarching themes of transition and change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Assef Ashraf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1009361554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781009361552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Assef Ashraf","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44790235988223,"sku":"9781009361552","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a0b2259-b0ef-4bd3-ab74-12e5ea954b43.jpg?v=1707288348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-and-remaking-empire-in-assef-ashraf-9781009361552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}