Azerbaijan: Ethnicity and the Struggle for Power in Iran

by Touraj Atabaki

This is a study of modern Iranian political history and is set in the international context of the Second World War and its aftermath. The book covers the essential background in Iranian political history in the 20th century including the role played by Azerbaijani politicians in the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-6, the drastic reforms of the autocratic Reza Shah regime and its effect on ethnic identity in Iranian Azerbaijan, the abdication of the Shah, the role of the Allied Powers, and the occupations of Iran. The book draws on Turkish, Persian, and Azeri sources as well as British, French, American, and Soviet materials and interviews with surviving members of the period of autonomous government in Iranian Azerbaijan.

Genres: History

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 1993

About the author

Touraj Atabaki is a professor of the "Social History of the Middle East and Central Asia" at the Department of History of the University of Amsterdam and a senior research fellow at the International Institute of Social History. Dr Atabaki is also the President of the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS), a member of the Conference of the Presidents of the European Associations for Asia Studies, a member of the Council of the Society for Iranian Studies, the visiting senior research fellow of the Middle East Centre (St. Antony's College, University of Oxford), and the visiting professor at the Academy of Sciences of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Moscow. He is also a member of several editorial boards, including the Journal of Azerbaijani Studies, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) Newsletter, the Central Asian Survey, and The Review of International Affairs board.[1] He is also an expert on Iranian Azeris.[2] He is member of the board of the International Qajar Studies Association and Director of the Qajar Studies and Documentation Centre. In 2012 Atabaki joined the Board of Advisors of the International Museum for Family History.

Reviews

[Azerbaijani]

A good first book if you are new to the South Azerbaijan (under iranian adminstration)issues