Inqilab e Iran / انقلابِ ایران

by Sibte Hassan

1979 ke iran ke inqilab per likhi gai ek inqilabi kitab. Jis inqilab me ek Dictator (shah) utarta hy to Doosra (khumeni) awam ki sarron per sawar hojata hy! Bus faraq itna hota hy ke ek khulle am Amrica Amrica karta tha aur doosre khulla am Not-Amrica Not-Amrica krta tha per peet-peechhe kam donon ka ek hi raha. Aur awam bichari waheen ki waheen rahin.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

296 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Sibte Hasan was born on 31 July 1912 in Ambari Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh, India.He graduated from Aligarh Muslim University. For higher studies he went to Columbia University, USA. In 1942, Sibte Hasan joined the Communist Party of India. After partition of India, he migrated to Pakistan. He also served as editors of noted journals including; Naya Adab and Lail-o-Nehar. He died of a heart attack on 20 April 1986 in New Delhi while returning from a conference in India. He was buried in Karachi

Reviews

[ahmad afridi · Rating 4 out of 5]

بقول سبط حسن صاحب انقلاب کوئی حادثہ نہیں بلکہ ایک مسلسل عمل ہے جس کو تاریخی پاس منظر میں دیکھے بغیر سمجھنا ناممکن ہے .اس کتاب میں انقلاب ایران کا قاچاری دور سےتجزیہ کیا گیا ہے . بیسویں صدی کے صنعتی دور میں ایران کی بادشاہتوں کے خلاف جمہوری پسند عناصر کا آواز اٹھانا فطری بات تھی . ان روشن خیال اور جمہوریت پسند ادیبوں اور مفکروں کی خدمات کو بہت تفصیل سے بیان کیا ہے .اس تفصیل میں سبط حسن صاحب کو ملکہ حاصل ہے . شاہ کے خلاف عوامی مظاہروں اور ان کے پس پردہ عوامل کو بھی تفصیل سے بیان کیا ہے .شاہ کا تختہ الٹنے سے پہلے خمینی اور دوسرے اسلام پسندوں کی خدمات پر زیادہ روشنی نہیں ڈالی گی جس کی وجہ سے بعد از انقلاب حکومت پر قبضے اور شاہ سے بدتر آمریت کے نفاذ پر میرا پریشان ہونا فطری بات تھی . اس حوالے سے زیادہ روشنی ڈالنی چاہیے تھی . انقلاب کے بعد کے حالات اور خمینی کی اپنی آمریت قائم کرنے کے مختلف ہتھکنڈے بھی بہت اچھی طرح بیان ہوئے ہیں ..

[Haider Hussain · Rating 4 out of 5]

A concise yet comprehensive account of the developments leading to Iranian Revolution. Hasan carefully outlined the political changes Iranian society went through since the Qajar dynasty up till the formation of theocratic state formed as a result of 1979 Revolution.

Hasan highlights that, contrary to a popular opinion, the Iranian struggle was not religious in nature but predominantly political and social, though religious elements did play a part in it. Hasan says that the revolutionary campaign that started accelerating since the early 1900s was fueled as much by socialists and libertarians as by religious clerics. However, since the charisma of Ayatollah Ruollah Khomeini was the strongest amongst them all, everybody chose to unite under him. However, it wasn't until after the revolution that Khomeini opted for theocracy as Iran's political system.

However, Hasan argues that the attempt to create a theocratic state was essentially not different from any absolutist rule, and it would therefore inherit all of the tyrannical elements that the Iranian society struggled against. Hasan says that the early glimpse of theocracy had already started showing such signs, especially in the formation and use of Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which is as powerful as Reza Pahlvi’s secrit police SAVAK.

[Riaz Ujjan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent account of the conditions which led to the Iranian revolution and aftermath. Highly recommended for the one who want to read impartial analysis about the happenings in Iran.

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