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Iran and the Rise of Reza Shah: From Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi Power
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Iran and the Rise of Reza Shah: From Qajar Collapse to Pahlavi Power, by Cyrus Ghani. London: LB. Taurus, 1998. xiv + 412 pages. Bibl. to p. 421. Index of names to p. 434. $45. Reviewed by David Suratgar
Cyrus Ghani, an Americanophile Iranian lawyer and renowned collector of books, manuscripts and prints on Iran and the region has been an indirect beneficiary-in-exile of the Iranian Revolution. He was fortunate to have left Iran with his library intact and with the financial resources to retire like Montaigne to his tower, with the time to contemplate and write.
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