From Qajar to Pahlavi: Iran, 1919-1930

by MohammadGholi Majd and Mohammad Gholi Majd

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076184029X
• ISBN13: 9780761840299
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"