Copied and Collected: Firmans, Petitions, and the Political History of Qajar Iran
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Ashraf, Assef https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6724-2130
Abstract
jats:titleAbstract</jats:title>jats:pThis article uses two manuscripts, comprising collections (jats:italicmajmūʿa</jats:italic>) of firmans, petitions, and letters from Qajar Iran, as a lens through which to explore Qajar governance. It begins by introducing the manuscripts, and then discusses who copied them and why, how the contents of the collections circulated in Qajar Iran prior to their compilation, what that circulation says about Qajar Iran, and finally, how collections how such manuscript compilations such as these open new avenues of research in Qajar political history.</jats:p>
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Iran, Qajar, political history, sources
Journal Title
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
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0022-4995
1568-5209
1568-5209
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62
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Brill
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