02156nam 22004811 450 991079517570332120200124110340.00-7556-1143-81-78673-467-21-78672-467-710.5040/9780755611430(CKB)4340000000267380(MiAaPQ)EBC5372227(OCoLC)1033411981(UtOrBLW)bpp09264948(EXLCZ)99434000000026738020200131d2006 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIran and the First World War battleground of the Great Powers /edited by Touraj AtabakiFirst edition.London ;New York :I.B. Tauris,2006.1 online resource (xii, 227 pages)1-86064-964-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.<">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.World War, 1914-1918IranFirst World WarBICIranHistory20th centuryIranHistoryQajar dynasty, 1794-1925World War, 1914-1918First World War.955.051Atabaki TourajUtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910795175703321Iran and the First World War3847800UNINA