Kirman and the Qajar Empire: Local Dimensions of Modernity in Iran, 1794-1914

by James Gustafson

Book Overview

Despite its apparently peripheral location in the Qajar Empire, Kirman was frequently found at the centre of developments reshaping Iran in the 19th century. Over the Qajar period the region saw significant changes, as competition between Kirmani families rapidly developed commercial cotton and opium production and a world renowned carpet weaving industry, as well as giving strength to radical modernist and nationalist agitation in the years leading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367872536
• ISBN13: 9780367872533
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"