Russia and Britain in Persia: Imperial Ambitions in Qajar Iran

729 Pages·2013·17.72 MB·English

by  Firuz Kazemzadeh

Firuz Kazemzadeh is Emeritus Professor of History at Yale
University. He has taught at Harvard and Yale universities and
was subsequently appointed Commissioner to the United States
Commission on International Religious Freedom by President
Clinton. Professor Kazemzadeh is also the author of The Struggle for
Transcaucasia.
‘Professor Kazemzadeh’s book is to be welcomed as a major contribution to the
field … a formidable and monumental work that far surpasses any other book
on modern Iranian international relations… . The author has done an outstand-
ing job of research in Russian, Britain and Persian sources … and has presented
a far fuller view of his subject than has hitherto been available. … Both students
and scholars should put it on their must reading lists.’
Nikki I. Keddie, Iranian Studies
‘A first class piece of scholarship.’
A.P. Thornton, American Historical Review
‘A valuable study of Anglo-Russian relations in Persia.’
Ann K.S. Lambton
RUSSIA AND BRITAIN
IN PERSIA
Imperial Ambitions in Qajar Iran
FIRUZ KAZEMZADEH
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First published in 1968 by Yale University Press
Copyright © 1968, 2013 Firuz Kazemzadeh
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Contents
Preface vii
Note xi
Introduction xiii
1. Anglo-Russian Conflict in Central Asia: Genesis and
Evolution 3
2. Reuter and Falkenhagen: Two Failures and a Beginning 100
3. "Pénétration Pacifique": Rivers, Railways, Trade and
Foreign Advisers 148
4. The Tobacco Régie: Britain's Retreat and Russia's
Offensive 241
5. Loans, Concessions and Political Power 302
6. Seistān and the Persian Gulf: Gates to India 386
7. War, Revolution and the Reconciliation of the Antagonists 448
8. The Uneasy Alliance 510
9. "The Strangling of Persia" 581
Bibliography 681
Index 699