1st Edition
Tribal Politics in Iran Rural Conflict and the New State, 1921-1941
Introduction 1. Tribe and State: The "Tribal Problem" in Iran 2. The New State and the Rural Poor 3. The Destruction of the Tribal Leaderships: The Great Khans of the Bakhtiyari 4. Challenges from Within: Junior Khans, Nomads and Peasants in Bakhtiyari 5. Rural Resistance: The Tribal Uprisings of 1929 6. The Politics of Debt: The Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Bakhtiyari Khans 7. The Politics of Terror: The Fall of Sardar Asad and the "Bakhtiyari Plot." Conclusion: The End of Tribal Politics in Iran. Appendix: Tribal Campaigns 1921-1941
Biography
Stephanie Cronin is Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow at University College, Northampton and Senior Research Associate in the History Department, SOAS, University of London. Her current work focuses on subaltern responses to modernity in Modern Iran.
