This book provides an excellent background to the Anglo-Iranian relations. Focussing not only on the political and economic relationship of Britain and on issues of strategic sensitivity, it illuminates British relations with society and the state and describes the interaction between various representatives and agents of both countries. Two conferences organized by the Royal Asiatic Society, London and the Institute for Documentation and Diplomatic History, Tehran in 2001 and 2002 form the basis of the book. Experts in the field make a great contribution to our understanding of Iranian...

This extraordinary book is the first to analyze the ideological roots of an Islamic state as conceived by the Ayatollah Khomeini. Surprisingly the author finds much of the inspiration behind Khomeini's political thinking being influenced by Western sources--his writings on the supreme Islamic Jurist being affected by Plato's notions of the philosopher-king and his views of state power and centralism being closely linked to his understanding of Marxist/Leninist totalitarianism.

This book investigates how women, religion and culture have interacted with each other in the context of 19th and 20th century Iran.

With the ratification of a new constitution in December 1906, Iran embarked on a great movement of systemic and institutional change which, along with the introduction of new ideas, was to be one of the most abiding legacies of the first Iranian revolution - known as the Constitutional Revolution. This uprising was significant not only for introducing secular understandings of government, but also Islamic visions of what could constitute a national assembly. The events of the Constitutional Revolution in Tehran have been much discussed, but the provinces, despite their crucial role in the...