War and Peace in Qajar Persia

<p>With new and existing evidence being reconsidered, this edited collection takes a multidisciplinary approach to discussing the Qajar system within the context of the wars that engulfed it and the periods of peace that ensued. It throws new light on the decision-making processes, the restraints on action, and the political exigencies at play during the Qajar years.</p> <p>Introduction <em>Roxane Farmanfarmaian</em> Prologue: The Dream of Empire <em>Peter W. Avery</em> <strong>Part 1: War</strong> 1. Between Scylla and Charybdis: Policy-Making under Conditions of Constraint in Early Qajar Persia <em>Manoutchehr M. Eskandari-Qajar</em> 2. Building a New Army: Military Reform in Qajar Iran <em>Stephanie Cronin</em> 3. The Turko-Persian War of 1821-1823: Winning the War but Losing the Peace <em>Graham Williamson</em> 4. Social Networks and Border Conflicts: The First Herat War 1838-1841 <em>Vanessa Martin</em> <strong>Part 2: Peace</strong> 5. The Consolidation of Iran’s Frontier on the Persian Gulf in the 19th Century <em>Lawrence G. Potter</em> 6. Narrowing the Frontier: Mid-19th Century Efforts to Delimit and Map the Perso-Ottoman Border <em>Richard Schofield</em> 7. Crime, Security and Insecurity: Socio-Political Conditions of Iran, 1870-1924 <em>Mansureh Ettehadieh (Nezam-Mafie)</em> 8. Merchants without Borders: Trade, Travel and a Revolution in Late Qajar Iran (The Memories of Hajj Mohammad-Taqi Jourabchi, 1907-1911) <em>Ali Gheissari</em> 9. The Politics of Concession: Reassuring the Interlinkage of Persia’s Finances, British Intrigue and Qajar Negotiation <em>Roxane Farmanfarmaian</em></p>