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In response to unique study performed in Iranian records, The Qajar Pact explores new views on 19th century Iranian nation and society, and is the 1st extensive research of reduce social teams during this interval. The author's research makes a speciality of the function of the non-elite teams in city society as much as the years prior to the Constitutional Revolution. 3 case experiences speak about the political participation of the folk in Bushire, Shiraz and Isfahan. 4 thematic chapters disguise women's political demonstrations, the unruly bad and social justice, squaddies and slaves.
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Schnedier, ‘Religious and State Jurisdiction during Nasir al-Din Shah’s Reign’, in R. , Religion and Society in Qajar Iran, London 2004 forthcoming. 8 Martin, Islam, p. 23. 9 See H. Inalcik, Essays in Ottoman History, Istanbul 1998, p. 173 ff. 10 See G. Baer, Studies in the Social History of Egypt, Chicago 1969, p. 138. 11 On tribes and the state in the Qajar period see in particular L. Beck, The Qashqa’is of Iran, New Haven 1986, and ‘Tribes and the State in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Centur y Iran’ in P.
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The Qajar dynasty had come to power in 1785 when Aqa Muhammad Khan (1785– 1797) finally united Iran after a long period of weakness. His heir, Fath ‘Ali Shah (1797–1834) found himself reigning over a kingdom that was prospering and relatively secure, though he had a major task before him in trying to re-establish central government control in the remoter areas, particularly the Persian Gulf. The peace of the kingdom, however, was soon disturbed. Russia, having expanded through the Caucasus, aspired to a warm water port, and thus threatened Iran.