Tribal politics in Iran : rural conflict and the new state, 1921-1941 /
Cronin, Stephanie.
London : Routledge,
2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-243) and index.
Tribe and state : the "tribal problem" in Iran -- The new state and the destruction of the tribal leaderships : the great khans of the Bakhtiyari -- Challenges from within and below : junior khans, nomads and peasants in Bakhtiyari -- The new state and the rural poor -- Rural resistance : the tribal uprisings of 1929 -- The politics of debt : the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Bakhtiyari khans -- The politics of terror : the fall of Jafar Quli Khan Sardar Asad Bakhtiyari and the "Bakhtiyari plot" -- Conclusion : the end of tribal politics in Iran -- Appendix : tribal campaigns 1922-41.
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Bakhtiari (Iranian people)
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