About the Author

Vanessa Martin is Reader in Middle Eastern History at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of 'Creating an Islamic State' and 'Islam and Modernism' (both I.B. Tauris).

Reviews

"'An interesting book that is the first to examine history from the bottom up for the Qajar period in Iranian history.' - Rudi Matthee, University of Delaware 'A very good book' - Nikki Keddie, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles"