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- catalog abstract ""When he was assassinated in 1896, Nasir al-Din Shah had sat on the Peacock Throne for nearly half a century." "In this book, the first in English about Nasir al-Din Shah, Abbas Amanat gives us both a biography of the man and an analysis of the institution of monarchy in modern Iran. Amanat poses a fundamental question: how did monarchy, the center-piece of an ancient political order, withstand and adjust to the challenges of modern times, both at home and abroad? Nasir al-Din Shah's life and career, his upbringing and personality, and his political conduct provide remarkable material for answering this question. By examining the way Nasir al-Din Shah was transformed from an insecure crown prince and later an erratic boy-king in the 1840s and 50s into a ruler with substantial control over his government and foreign policy in the 1860s and beyond, Amanat explores a pattern in the consolidation of traditional monarchies as they accommodated themselves to the forces of modernity."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9628199.
- catalog coverage "Iran Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""In this book, the first in English about Nasir al-Din Shah, Abbas Amanat gives us both a biography of the man and an analysis of the institution of monarchy in modern Iran. Amanat poses a fundamental question: how did monarchy, the center-piece of an ancient political order, withstand and adjust to the challenges of modern times, both at home and abroad? Nasir al-Din Shah's life and career, his upbringing and personality, and his political conduct provide remarkable material for answering this question.".
- catalog description ""When he was assassinated in 1896, Nasir al-Din Shah had sat on the Peacock Throne for nearly half a century."".
- catalog description "By examining the way Nasir al-Din Shah was transformed from an insecure crown prince and later an erratic boy-king in the 1840s and 50s into a ruler with substantial control over his government and foreign policy in the 1860s and beyond, Amanat explores a pattern in the consolidation of traditional monarchies as they accommodated themselves to the forces of modernity."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-518) and index.".
- catalog extent "xix, 536 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Pivot of the universe.".
- catalog identifier "0520083210 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Pivot of the universe.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog relation "Pivot of the universe.".
- catalog spatial "Iran Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Iran".
- catalog subject "955/.04/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "DS307.N38 A63 1997".
- catalog subject "Monarchy Iran History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896.".
- catalog title "Pivot of the universe : Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896 / Abbas Amanat.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".