In the shadow of the king
Subtitle: Zill al-Sultān and Isfahān under the Qājārs
By: Heidi A. Walcher.
Contributors: Iran Heritage Foundation.
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9781850434344
Subjects: Ẓill al-Sulṭān, Masʻūd ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn, -- 1849-1918; Princes -- Iran -- Biography; Iṣfahān (Iran) -- History; Iran -- History -- Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925; Iṣfahān (Iran) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-500) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The city of religion and Opium; title: Trading the Kārūn navigation rights for the Star of India; title: A blind star will not become the moon: the Zill al-Sultān's eclipse; title: Taqī is not afraid of your unloaded canons; title: Defeating the British tobacco monopoly; title: Anti-British resistance and other trade wars; title: The Anglican gospel for Persia; title: Proselytizing the Jews; title: Disintegration and unrest; title: Rise of the light of God: from princely absolutism to tribal rule; title: Epilogue; title: List of governors of Isfahān 1752-1922.