Iran in World History

THE FRACTURED EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: THE AFSHARS (1736–1796), THE 
ZANDS (1750–1794), AND THE FOUNDING OF AFGHANISTAN
Axworthy, Michael. 
The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to 
Conquering Tyrant
. London: I. B. Tauris, 2009.
Perry, John. 
Karim Khan Zand
. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2006.
THE MODERN PERIOD: THE GHAJARS (1785–1925), THE PAHLAVIS (1925–
1978) AND THE BRITISH-RUSSIAN SHADOW
Abrahamian, Ervand. 
A History of Modern Iran
. Cambridge: Cambridge University 
Press, 2008.
Ansari, Ali. 
Modern Iran
. Second edition. Harlow: Pearson, 2007.
Hopkirk, Peter. 
The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia
. London: John 
Murray, 2006.
Kazemzadeh, Firuz. 
Russia and Britain in Persia: Imperial Ambitions in Ghajar Iran
. 
London: I. B. Tauris, 2013 First published 1968 by Yale University Press.
Milani, Abbas. 
The Shah
. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Mottahedeh, Roy. 
The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran
. Second 
edition. Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2008.
THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC: 1979–PRESENT
Arjomand, Said Amir. 
After Khomeini: Iran under His Successors
. Oxford: Oxford 
University Press, 2009.
Axworthy, Michael. 
Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic
. 
New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Honarbin-Holliday, Mehri. 
Becoming Visible: Women in Contemporary Iranian 
Society
. London: I. B. Tauris, 2013.
Kamrava, Mehran. 
Iran’s Intellectual Revolution
. Cambridge: Cambridge University 
Press, 2008.
Satrapi, Marjane. 
The Complete Persepolis
. New York: Pantheon, 2007.
Sreberny, Annabelle, and Massoumeh Torfi, eds. 
Cultural Revolution in 
Iran: Contemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic Republic
. London: I. 
B. Tauris, 2013.

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