
The Baha'is of Iran, Transcaspia and the Caucasus, Two Volume Set
Tauris Academic Studies (Publisher)
Published on 30. November 2011
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-1-84885-473-4 (ISBN)
Description
Despite growing interest in the Baha'is of Iran, research on the history of this often-persecuted minority community has been limited by the accessibility of sources. 'The Baha'is of Iran, Transcaspia and the Caucasus' will help to fill this gap by assembling for the first time original material from Russian archives. Volume 1 presents the more personal letters of Russian army officers and officials describing developments concerning the Baha'is in Iran and Russia, while Volume 2 draws together official reports and correspondence detailing events including the dramatic Babi upheavals and the landmark Ashgabat murder trial. Analytical introductions provide essential background information to accompany the texts, making this set an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Babi and Baha'i history, the history of religion and minorities, Russo-Persian relations or Qajar Iran.
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Edition
Annotated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Annotated edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 53 mm
Weight
907 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84885-473-4 (9781848854734)
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Soli Shahvar is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern History and Director of the Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa. He completed his PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is the author of 'The Forgotten Schools: The Baha'is and Modern Education in Iran, 1899-1934' (I.B.Tauris, 2009). Boris Morozov is Researcher in Russian History at the Cummings Institute, Tel Aviv University. He holds a PhD in Russian History from Moscow State University. He is the author of 'Documents on Soviet Jewish Emigration' (1999) and the co-author of 'Traitors to Mother Russia: Jewish Emigration through Soviet Eyes' (2005). Gad Gilbar is Professor of Economic History in the Department of Middle Eastern History, and Head of the Tujjar Project at the University of Haifa. He has previously served as a member of Israel's Council for Higher Education, and is the author of various articles and books including 'Ottoman Palestine 1800-1914: Studies in Economic and Social History' (1990), and 'Population Dilemmas in the Middle East' (1996).