Karim Khan Zand (Makers of the Muslim World)

CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 9
1 IRAN AND THE WORLD IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY......Page 14
IRAN AND ITS PEOPLE......Page 17
THE SAFAVID DYNASTY......Page 22
NADER SHAH AFSHAR......Page 24
FIRST-PERSON TESTIMONY: SHEIKH HAZIN......Page 27
2 THE RETURN OF THE ZANDS......Page 30
THE LURS GO HOME......Page 32
SAFAVID PRETENDERS......Page 34
ENTER THE QAJARS......Page 39
PRETENDERS LOST AND FOUND......Page 41
3 THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTH, 1759-1763......Page 44
EXPLOITS OF MOHAMMAD KHAN AND SHEYKH-ALI KHANZAND......Page 45
FIRST-PERSON TESTIMONY: LE SIEUR SIMON......Page 52
NEUTRALIZATION OF THE QAJARS......Page 54
AZERBAIJAN: THE DEFEAT OF AZAD AND FATH-ALIKHAN......Page 56
4 CONSOLIDATION OF THE CENTER, 1763-1766......Page 60
RETRIBUTION AND PURGES......Page 61
RECONQUEST OF THE SOUTH: THE REVOLT OF ZAKI KHAN ZAND......Page 64
LAR, YAZD, AND KERMAN: THE TWO TAQIS......Page 67
CURBING THE QAJARS, 1759–1777......Page 72
5 THE PERSIAN GULF AND KHUZISTAN......Page 76
KHARG ISLAND: THE DUTCH AND MIR MAHANNA......Page 78
PERSPICACIOUS SEMI-FICTION: THE \"ROSTAM OF HISTORIES\"......Page 81
THE BANU KA’B......Page 86
WAR WITH THE PASHALIK OF BAGHDAD, 1774-1779......Page 88
6 KARIM KHAN’S DEATH AND SUCCESSION, 1779-1795......Page 94
REIGNS OF ZAKI, SADEQ, ALI-MORAD, AND JA\'FAR KHAN ZAND (1779-1789)......Page 95
LOTF-ALI KHAN ZAND (1789–1794)......Page 99
FIRST-PERSON TESTIMONY: MR JONES AND LOTF-ALI KHAN\'S DIAMONDS......Page 102
THE QAJAR CONQUEST......Page 107
7 PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND FOREIGN RELATIONS......Page 112
WESTERN APPROACHES......Page 114
THE CASPIAN RIM AND AZERBAIJAN......Page 117
GEORGIA AND TRANSARAXIA: INTO THE RUSSIAN ORBIT......Page 119
OTTOMAN TURKEY AND INDIA......Page 123
THE DUTCH AND FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANIES......Page 124
THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY......Page 125
THE PEOPLE’S DEPUTY......Page 130
RELIGIOUS POLICIES......Page 135
REBUILDING THE ECONOMY......Page 137
REBUILDING SHIRAZ......Page 140
LEISURE AND THE ARTS......Page 145
THE LEGEND AND THE LEGACY......Page 146
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 150
INDEX......Page 156