The Tobacco Regie
Prelude to Revolution I
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12046240 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann K S Lambton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1965 |
| Issue | 22 |
| Pages | 119-119 |
| Publication date | 1965-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studia Islamica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0585-5292 • E-ISSN: 1958-5705 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1595096 |
| OpenAlex | W2325757690 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
In 1872 Nasir ud-Din Shah had granted to a British subject, Baron Julius de Reuter, a concession with wide implications. For some time it had been clear to Nasir ud-Din and his prime minister, Mirza HIusayn Mushir ud-Dawleh, that the fundamental threat to Persian independence came from Russia and that Persia could not resist the Russian advance unaided, especially in view of the precarious condition of Persian finances. Accordingly they sought to interest the Great Powers in the economic development of the country, in the hope that if they had a stake in the country they would help to maintain Persian independence. None of the Great Powers, except Russia and Great Britain, were at the time interested in Persia; and it was thus that a concession was eventually given to a British subject. The Russians were furious and in other countries in Europe there was much criticism of the concession; and in 1873, under heavy pressure from Russia the Shah cancelled it (2). Even after the failure of this attempt to bolster up the financial position of Persia and thus avoid the necessity of fundamental administrative and financial reform, the Shah and his advisers
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Iranian Foreign Policy, 1921–1979
Iranian Relations With Russia and the Soviet Union, to 1921
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Africa south of the Sahara from the First World War
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Iran Under the Later Qājārs, 1848–1922
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The Rise and Fall of the Tujjār Councils of Representatives in Iran, 1884–85
Les Autorités religieuses dans le chiisme duodécimain contemporain
Direct Foreign Investment in the Non-Oil Sectors of the Iranian Economy
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Shi'i political discourse and class mobilization in the tobacco movement of 1890?1892
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Resistance to Economic Penetration
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1973 - 2023 (51) |
| Highly cited | No |