Inside the Court of Naser od-Din Shah Qajar, 1881-96: The Life and Diary of Mohammad Hasan Khan E'temad os-Saltaneh.(Iran) From: Middle Eastern Studies | Date: January 1, 2001| Author: KIA, MEHRDAD | COPYRIGHT 2001 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mohammad Hasan Khan E'temad os-Saltaneh (1843-96), a high official in the court of Naser od-Din Shah Qajar (1848-96), has been something of an enigma to historians of nineteenth-century Iran.(1) The bare facts of his life are well known, but despite his fame, the man himself eludes us. Contemporary descriptions are fragmentary: most regard him with varying measures of awe or contempt. Those who despised the man and his politics denounced him as a Russophile reactionary and shameles...