A Victorian Holocaust: Iran in the Great Famine of 1869-1873

ISBN-13: 9780761870142 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 134 str.

Mohammad Gholi Majd

Opis

Little is known about the Great Famine of 1869-1873, possibly the greatest calamity in the history of Iran. Using a variety of primary sources, including American missionary reports, this book describes and quantifies the devastation of the Great Famine of 1869-73 that killed 10-12 million Iranians, amounting to two-thirds of the population.