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Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Oajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896.
Canadian Journal of History
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April 1, 1998|
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Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Oajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896, by Abbas Amanat. Berkeley, California, University of California Press, 1997. xxiii, 536 pp. $45.00 U.S.
Amanat treats the question "how did monarchy, the centerpiece of an ancient political order, withstand and adjust to the challenges of modern times, both international and domestic?" The lens through which this investigation is pursued is the life of one of the more successful monarchs in history (if success is judged by length of reign). Nasir al-Din (1831-96) came to the throne through a ...
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