The rapture
Subtitle: or, The book of sleep
By: Mirza Mohammad Hasan Khan E'temad os-Saltaneh ; translated from the Persian with an introduction and annotations by James D. Clark
Contributors: Clark, James D., 1959- translator, writer of introduction, editor
Series: Bibliotheca Iranica: Persian fiction in translation series -- no. 12; Bibliotheca Iranica -- no. 12.
Publisher: Mazda Publishers
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Costa Mesa, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781568593401
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: History; Qajar Dynasty (Iran)
Other titles: Book of sleep
Work titles: Khvābnāmah
Notes: The text is in a style of dissident writing in the 19th century that creates a framework for criticism of the government and figures therein. The author wrote many historical works and was a person who was at the center of Iranian government. Here, he provides descriptions of personalities and events during the second half of the 19th century in Iran by inserting historical personalities and facts into a fantastical framework.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Beginning; title: The Beginning of Aqa Mohammad Shah Qajar's Discourse; title: The Interrogation of Haji Ebrahim Khan Shirazi; title: The Interrogation of Mirza Shafi' Mazandarani; title: The Interrogation of Haji Mohammad Hosayn Khan Sadr Isfahani; title: The Interrogation of Mirza Abu al-Qasem Qasem Maqam Farahani; title: The Interrogation of Haji Mirza Aqasi; title: The Interrogation of Mirza Taqi Khan Amir Kabir; title: The Interrogation of Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri; title: The Interrogation of Mirza Mohammad Khan Sepahsalar; title: The Interrogation of Mirza Hosayn Khan Sepahsalar; title: The Interrogation of Mirza Yusuf Ashtiani (Mostowfi ol-Mamalek); title: The Interrogation of Mirza ʻAlī Asghar Khan Atabak (Amin os-Soltan).