Dynastic History of Iran

Mehran Kamrava is Professor of Government at Georgetown University in Qatar. He also directs the Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. He is the author and editor of numerous journal articles and books, including Iran's Intellectual Revolution (2008), Inside the Arab State (2018), Troubled Waters: Insecurity in the Persian Gulf (2018), and A Concise History of Revolution (2020).

• 1. Introduction; 2. Qajar autocracy; 3. The Constitutional Revolution; 4. The new dynasty; 5. Iran and great game politics; 6. Dynasty consolidated; 7. Economic development, political underdevelopment; 8. The gendarme of the region; 9. The monarchy's end; 10. Conclusion.

'In his lucid, astute, and balanced history of the Qajar and Pahlavi eras, Mehran Kamrava provides a strikingly accessible account of the domestic and international forces that ended some two-and-a-half millennia of monarchical rule in Iran. The book is ideally suited for students and general readers of Modern Iranian and Middle Eastern history.' Ali Banuazizi, Boston College