Book contents
- The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict
- The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Transliteration, Terms, and Conventions
- Maps
- Chronology of Major Events
- Introduction
- 1 States and Tribes in the Premodern Gulf
- 2 British Policy in the Persian Gulf between the World Wars
- 3 The Rise of Reza Khan and Iran’s Persian Gulf Policy, 1919‒1925
- 4 Reza Shah’s Persian Gulf Policy, 1925‒1941
- 5 The Trucial States, Iran, and the British
- 6 Bahrain, Iran, and the British
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - The Rise of Reza Khan and Iran’s Persian Gulf Policy, 1919‒1925
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2020
- The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict
- The Origins of the Arab-Iranian Conflict
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Transliteration, Terms, and Conventions
- Maps
- Chronology of Major Events
- Introduction
- 1 States and Tribes in the Premodern Gulf
- 2 British Policy in the Persian Gulf between the World Wars
- 3 The Rise of Reza Khan and Iran’s Persian Gulf Policy, 1919‒1925
- 4 Reza Shah’s Persian Gulf Policy, 1925‒1941
- 5 The Trucial States, Iran, and the British
- 6 Bahrain, Iran, and the British
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter discusses Iranian nationalism during the years of Reza Khan’s rise as a nationalism rooted in territorial concepts. It describes how the emerging military rule of Reza Khan coalesced with the foreign policy efforts of the Iranian statesmen until parliamentary politics were overshadowed by the military’s arbitrary rule. Against this backdrop, the greater part of the chapter is devoted to depicting Iran's policy toward the Persian Gulf and toward the Arab shaykhdoms in the Gulf during the period of Reza Khan's rise, and the rhetoric and conduct of Iranian officials in the port towns and islands where the paths of Arabs and Iranians from different walks of life intersected. The assertion of central authority over Arabistan (renamed Khuzestan) is viewed as a decisive step in Iran’s more ambitious goal of reducing British influence in the Persian Gulf waterway, islands, and littoral.
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- The Origins of the Arab-Iranian ConflictNationalism and Sovereignty in the Gulf between the World Wars, pp. 78 - 109Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020