Publisher's Synopsis
The Qajar Pact explores new perspectives on the nineteenth-century Iranian state and society, and is the first broad study of lower social groups in this period. Vanessa Martin argues that Qajar government was certainly despotic, but was also founded on a consensus based on the Islamic principles of consultation and negotiation. The author focuses on the role of the non-elite groups in urban society up to the years before the Constitutional Revolution. '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
