Book contents
- Iran
- Iran
- Copyright page
- Note on the Translation
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- 1 Iran under the Qajars
- 2 Three Shahs, Three Wars, Three Reformers (1797–1896)
- 3 From Revolts to the Revolution (1880–1906)
- 4 The Constitutional Revolution: From Illusion to Reality (1905–08)
- 5 The Nationalists’ Bitter Victory (1908–12)
- 6 Iran in the Great War
- 7 The End of the Qajars
- 8 Rezā Khān to Rezā Shāh: Defender of the Nation
- 9 From Persia to Iran: Foreign Relations
- 10 The Democratic Awakening (1941–53)
- 11 The Last Reign of an Immortal Kingdom, Mohammad-Rezā Shāh
- 12 An Islamic Republic in Iran
- Conclusion: Lies and Truth
- Chronology
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - The End of the Qajars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 June 2019
- Iran
- Iran
- Copyright page
- Note on the Translation
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- 1 Iran under the Qajars
- 2 Three Shahs, Three Wars, Three Reformers (1797–1896)
- 3 From Revolts to the Revolution (1880–1906)
- 4 The Constitutional Revolution: From Illusion to Reality (1905–08)
- 5 The Nationalists’ Bitter Victory (1908–12)
- 6 Iran in the Great War
- 7 The End of the Qajars
- 8 Rezā Khān to Rezā Shāh: Defender of the Nation
- 9 From Persia to Iran: Foreign Relations
- 10 The Democratic Awakening (1941–53)
- 11 The Last Reign of an Immortal Kingdom, Mohammad-Rezā Shāh
- 12 An Islamic Republic in Iran
- Conclusion: Lies and Truth
- Chronology
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
With their ambition – and the cruelty they meted out to their enemies – the first Qajar kings brought Persia, a region already coveted by hegemonic powers, firmly under their control. Little more than a century later, internal divisions and rivalries as well as the external conflicts that had escalated on the international stage, the secessionist attempts, and the revolts of the provinces all endangered the unity of the kingdom. After Nāser od-Din Shāh’s long and eventful reign, degeneration and decadence followed under the rule of a sickly king, then a despot deposed by the people, and finally the libidinous and greedy adolescent who would attempt to pass off his egoism as wisdom. Ahmad Shāh personified the absence of any political direction in Iran.
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- IranA Social and Political History since the Qajars, pp. 141 - 160Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019