Soldiers, Shahs and Subalterns in Iran : Opposition, Protest and Revolt, 1921-1941 (Hardcover)

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration PART I: FROM CONSTITUTIONALISM TO DICTATORSHIP Introduction: Contesting Power in the New Iran The Provincial Cities in Revolt (i): Colonel Pasyan and the Mashhad Rebellion, April-October 1921 The Provincial Cities in Revolt (ii): Major Abulqasim Lahuti and the Tabriz Insurrection of 1922 Popular Protest, Disorder and Riot: The Tehran Crowd and the Rise of Riza Khan, 1921-1925 PART II: THE NEW ORDER AND ITS OPPONENTS Reform from Above and Resistance from Below, 1927-1929 Popular Politics, the New State and The Birth of the Iranian Working Class: the 1929 Abadan Oil Refinery Strike The Politics of Radicalism within the Iranian Army: the Jahansuz Group of 1939 Conclusion Bibliography