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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795175703321

Titolo

Iran and the First World War : battleground of the Great Powers / / edited by Touraj Atabaki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2006

ISBN

0-7556-1143-8

1-78673-467-2

1-78672-467-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 227 pages)

Disciplina

955.051

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918 - Iran

First World War

Iran History 20th century

Iran History Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

<">The First World War, leading to the overthrow of the Qajar regime and replacement by Reza Shah, was pivotal in the history of modern Iran. The Constitutional Revolution of 1906-09 aimed to abolish the arbitrary regime and bring in a modern constitution and parliament. But growing provincial unrest and rebellion by nomadic peoples brought chaos and instability, heightened by the strains of war and intervention by foreign powers. Iran was on the brink of disintegration, modernisation had failed, and growing frustration and pressure from the disillusioned middle classes, intelligentsia and urban population, set the stage for centralisation of power under the `Man of Order' - Reza Shah.<">--Bloomsbury Publishing.