The Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah and the Iranian Monarchy: Nasir Al-Din Shah and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896

by Abbas Amanat (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $18.46

  When he was assassinated in 1896, Nasir al-Din Shah had sat on the Peacock throne for nearly half a century. A colourful, complex figure, he is frequently portrayed as indolent and self-indulgent. This book gives us both a biography of the man and an analysis of the institution of monarchy in modern Iran.