The Baha'is of Iran, Transcaspia and the Caucasus, Volume 2: Reports and Correspondence of Russian Officials (International Library of Iranian Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848853920 ISBN 13: 9781848853928

Publisher: I.B.Tauris, 2012

Synopsis

Despite growing interest in the Baha'is of Iran, research on the history of this often-persecuted minority community has been limited by the accessibility of primary sources. The Baha'is of Iran, Transcaspia and the Caucasus will help to fill this gap by assembling for the first time reports and correspondence of Russian diplomats and officials from archives in Moscow and St. Petersburg. These sources provide crucial information relating to the rise of the early Baha'i community - and their precursors, the Babis - and their relations with local, national and foreign authorities.

Volume 2 of this collection draws together diplomatic reports and official correspondence regarding the dramatic Babi upheavals, the persecution of Babis and Baha'is in Iran, and events including the landmark Ashgabat murder trial. These documents furthermore shed light on the formulation of Tsarist policy towards the Baha'is within the complex and delicate context of Russo-Persian relations in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thus offering a fascinating glimpse into the perspective of one of the players of the ""Great Game"" of diplomacy and power in the region.

The authors present the complete texts in their original languages, providing annotated translations and biographical notes on the personalities represented in the volume. Offering unique insights into the history of the Babis and Baha'is in Iran and Tsarist Russia, this book is an invaluable resource for scholars, researchers, and all readers interested in Babi and Baha'i history, the history of religion and minorities, Russo-Persian relations, and Qajar Iran.

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About the Author:

Soli Shahvar is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern History and Director of the Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa. He completed his PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. He is the author of The Forgotten Schools: The Baha'is and Modern Education in Iran, 1899-1934 (I.B.Tauris, 2009).

Boris Morozov is Researcher in Russian History at the Cummings Institute, Tel Aviv University. He holds a PhD in Russian History from Moscow State University. He is the author of Documents on Soviet Jewish Emigration (1999) and the co-author of Traitors to Mother Russia: Jewish Emigration through Soviet Eyes (2005).

Gad Gilbar is Professor of Economic History in the Department of Middle Eastern History, and Head of the Tujjar Project at the University of Haifa. He has previously served as a member of Israel's Council for Higher Education, and is the author of various articles and books, including Ottoman Palestine 1800-1914: Studies in Economic and Social History (1990) and Population Dilemmas in the Middle East (1996).

About this edition

• Publisher: I.B.Tauris
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1848853920
• ISBN 13: 9781848853928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Shahvar Soli, Gilbar Gad, Morozov Boris