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To a mix of Turkmen messianism and ancestral claims, Isma‘il added a third element of Twelver Shi‘ism. While still in hiding in Lahijan, an old Shi‘i stronghold in Gilan province, some local dignitaries instructed him in the rudiments of Twelver doctrine. As it turned out, Isma‘il himself was not particularly keen on practicing the Twelver (or Ja‘fari) law, ...
— Apr 26, 2019 02:00AM
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The increasing Pahlavi power in the 1970s ironically reduced Iran's dependency on the United States at a time when Iranian public perceived US influence to be at its maximum.
— Nov 11, 2019 11:36PM
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The arrested growth of the private sector, the widening gap between living standards in the city versus the countryside, and the rise of the state's reliance on independent income through monopolies on commodities and oil revenue were the most significant legacies of the first Pahlavi era. While the state became less dependent on its citizens and the meager revenue it could extract through taxation, it sped up ...
— Aug 21, 2019 04:13AM
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Despite all the negative publicity surrounding the republican initiative then and later - that it was a backdoor to Reza Khan's dictatorship, contrary to Iranian political tradition and against Islam - its defeat proved a major loss for Iran's political future. It could be argued that Reza Khan's opting for a dynastic monarchy as an alternative to the republic only a year later perpetuated a long tradition of ...
— Aug 08, 2019 04:22AM
