When he was assassinated in 1896, Nasir al-Din Shah had sat on the Peacock throne for nearly half a century. A colourful, complex figure, he is frequently portrayed as indolent and self-indulgent. This book gives us both a biography of the man and an analysis of the institution of monarchy in modern Iran.
When he was assassinated in 1896, Nasir al-Din Shah had sat on the Peacock throne for nearly half a century. A colourful, complex figure, he is frequently portrayed as indolent and self-indulgent. This book gives us both a biography of the man and an analysis of the institution of monarchy in modern Iran.
Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Note on Transliteration and Style INTRODUCTION: THE ROYAL DOMAIN From the Tent to the Throne The Shah and His Subjects Within Fragile Frontiers Nobility and the Problem of Succession 1. THE CHILD OF TURKMANCHAY Unhappy Union Lonesome Childhood Struggle for Heir Apparency 2. A MIRROR FOR THE PRINCE Formal Education The Fight and the Feast Lesson of the Mirrors Display of the World Rehearsal for the Throne The Prophet and the Priests 3.ASCENDING THE THRONE Departing for the Capital People's Council and Power Contest Wearing the Kayanid Crown Machination and Mutiny 4. THE SHAH AND HIS ATABAK Learning to Rule The Sublime Cradle Castle of Mirrors, Cannonballs of Sedition Killing the Atabak 5. A NARROW ESCAPE Return to the Old Ways The Assassination Attempt The Babi Bloodbath An Inadvertent Victim 6. PLAYING THE POWER GAME The Heart Debacle The King of the Shi'ites The Curse of the Protected Alliance with Russia Royal Rights Ridiculed 7. YOUTHFUL AMBITIONS Bully-Boy Diplomacy Uprooting the Victorian Tree Conquest of Heart In Search of Friends: France and the United States War in the Persian Gulf Peace with England Saving Face 8. ABOLISHING THE SIDARAT The Flying Gazelle and the Absolute Potentate Delegating Power Ruinous Fever The Valley of Dismissal Fate of a Fallen Minister 9. BALANCING THE OLD AND THE NEW Holding the Reins of Power In the House of Oblivion An Honest Goodwill Mission Ominous Conjunction Fearing Him Who Fears The Royal Prerogative EPILOGUE: REMNANTS OF A REIGN Precarious Order Within From Defiance to Deference A Personal Universe Chaos Revisited Legacy of a Long Reign Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Note on Transliteration and Style INTRODUCTION: THE ROYAL DOMAIN From the Tent to the Throne The Shah and His Subjects Within Fragile Frontiers Nobility and the Problem of Succession 1. THE CHILD OF TURKMANCHAY Unhappy Union Lonesome Childhood Struggle for Heir Apparency 2. A MIRROR FOR THE PRINCE Formal Education The Fight and the Feast Lesson of the Mirrors Display of the World Rehearsal for the Throne The Prophet and the Priests 3.ASCENDING THE THRONE Departing for the Capital People's Council and Power Contest Wearing the Kayanid Crown Machination and Mutiny 4. THE SHAH AND HIS ATABAK Learning to Rule The Sublime Cradle Castle of Mirrors, Cannonballs of Sedition Killing the Atabak 5. A NARROW ESCAPE Return to the Old Ways The Assassination Attempt The Babi Bloodbath An Inadvertent Victim 6. PLAYING THE POWER GAME The Heart Debacle The King of the Shi'ites The Curse of the Protected Alliance with Russia Royal Rights Ridiculed 7. YOUTHFUL AMBITIONS Bully-Boy Diplomacy Uprooting the Victorian Tree Conquest of Heart In Search of Friends: France and the United States War in the Persian Gulf Peace with England Saving Face 8. ABOLISHING THE SIDARAT The Flying Gazelle and the Absolute Potentate Delegating Power Ruinous Fever The Valley of Dismissal Fate of a Fallen Minister 9. BALANCING THE OLD AND THE NEW Holding the Reins of Power In the House of Oblivion An Honest Goodwill Mission Ominous Conjunction Fearing Him Who Fears The Royal Prerogative EPILOGUE: REMNANTS OF A REIGN Precarious Order Within From Defiance to Deference A Personal Universe Chaos Revisited Legacy of a Long Reign Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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