Peter Avery
The Cambridge History of Iran
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of Iran Volume 7 From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic edited by Peter Avery, Lecturer in Persian, University of Cambridge Gavin Hambly, Professor of History, The University of Texas at Dallas Charles Melville, Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge
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Library of Congress Cataloguing in publication data The Cambridge history of Iran Includes bibliographies. Contents: v. 7. From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic, edited by Peter Avery, G.R.G. Hambly and C.P. Melville. 1. Iran-History. I. Fisher, WB. (Williams Bayne) DS272.C34 955 67-12845
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Board of Editors
Sir Harold Bailey 1961- (Chairman 1970- ) Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit University of Cambridge
Peter Avery 1961— {Editorial Secretary 1961—1969) Lecturer in Persian University of Cambridge
C.E. Bosworth 1970- Professor of Arabic Studies University of Manchester
Ilya Gershevitch 1970- Emeritus Reader in Iranian Studies University of Cambridge
H.S.G. Darke 1970— (Editorial Secretary) Formerly Lecturer in Persian University of Cambridge
Past Members Professor A.J. Arberry 1961-1969 (Chairman) Basil Gray 1961—1989 (Vrice-Chairman 1970—1989) Professor A.K.S. Lambton 1961-1970 Professor R. Levy 1961-1966 Professor R.C. Zaehner 1961-1967 Dr Isa Sadiq 1963-1969 Sayyid Hasan Taqizadeh 1963-1969 Dr Laurence Lockhart 1964-197 5 Professor J.A. Boyle 1967-1978 Professor Sir Max Mallowan 1970-1978 Professor Mahmoud Sanaci 1972-198 5 Professor W.B. Fisher 1979-1984 |