Contents
List of maps page / viii List of illustrations / ix List of tables / xi List of figures / xii Chronology / xiii Glossary / xv A political who’s who of modern Iran / xvii Preface / xxvii
Introduction / 1 1 “Royal despots”: state and society under the Qajars / 8 2 Reform, revolution, and the Great War / 34 3 The iron fist of Reza Shah / 63 4 The nationalist interregnum / 97 5 Muhammad Reza Shah’s White Revolution / 123 6 The Islamic Republic / 155
Notes / 196 Bibliography / 215 Further reading / 218 Index / 224
Maps
1 Iran and the Middle East page / xxix 2 Iranian provinces / xxx
Illustrations
1 Coronation stamp, 1926 / 66 2 Road construction stamp, 1934 / 78 3 Stamps set depicting Pahlavi ideology, 1935 / 78 3.1 Persepolis / 78 3.2 Tehran airport / 78 3.3 Sanatorium near Tehran / 79 3.4 Cement factory in Abdul qAzim / 79 3.5 Gunboat / 79 3.6 Railway bridge over Karun / 80 3.7 Tehran post office / 80 3.8 Justice: woman with scales and sword / 80 3.9 Education: angel teaching youth / 80 4 Stamp set celebrating ancient Iran / 81 4.1 Persepolis: ruins of Main Palace / 81 4.2 Persepolis: lion carving / 81 4.3 Persepolis: Darius / 81 4.4 Persepolis: warrior / 82 4.5 Pasaraga: Cyrus’ tomb / 82 4.6 Carving at Naqsh-e Rostam: God Mazda’s investiture of Ardashir / 82 4.7 Carving at Naqsh-e Rostam: Shahpour accepting Emperor Valerian’s submission / 83 5 Stamps (1963–78) / 135 5.1 Set celebrating aspects of the White Revolution / 135 5.2 Set commemorating Reza Shah / 136 5.3 Stamp set commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Pahlavi dynasty / 137 6 Statue of Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi during the revolution. Tehran, February 1979. Copyright Abbas/Magnum Photos / 160 7 Woman passing soldiers during the revolution, Tehran, 1978. Copyright Abbas-Magnum Photos / 160 8 Stamps from the Islamic Republic / 170 8.1 Stamps for the forerunners of the Islamic Revolution / 170 8.2 Stamp for Ayatollah Kashani / 171 8.3 Two stamps for Ayatollah Beheshti and the seventy-two martyrs / 171 8.4 Stamps issued by the Bazargan government for al-e Ahmad, Shariati, Mossadeq, and Dehkhoda / 172 8.5 Anniversary stamps for the Islamic Revolution / 173
Tables
1 Vital statistics / 6 2 Communal composition of Iran, 1900 / 18 3 Government budgets, 1925–26 and 1940–41 / 69 4 Expansion of public education, 1923–24 and 1940–41 / 84 5 Changes in place names / 88 6 Changes in state terminology / 88 7 Prime ministers, 1941–53 / 102 8 Oil revenues, 1954–76 / 124 9 Prime ministers, 1953–77 / 129 10 Military expenditures, 1954–77 / 132 11 Industrial production, 1953–77 / 134 12 Urban household expenditures, 1959–60 and 1973–74 / 141 13 Oil revenues, 1977–94 / 175 14 Presidents, 1980–2007 / 187
Figures
1 Class structure (labor force in the 1970 s) / 140 2 Chart of the Islamic Constitution / 165
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