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The East India Company’sFarmān, 1622‒1747
The East India Company’s presence and ongoing trade in Persia was reliant on the privileges outlined in the Farmān, granted after the capture of Hormuz in 1622. The relationship between these two powers was cemented in the rights enshrined in the Farmān, which was used by both to regulate their varying needs and expectations over the course of 125 years. This article explores the Company’s records of the Farmān and how changes to its terms were viewed from both sides. As a Persian document, the Farmān gives a clear view of the attitudes of native officials and rulers to the Company and how these terms were used as a means of control
Iran's Oil Wealth: Treasure and Trouble for the Shah's Regime - A Context-Sensitive Analysis of the Ambivalent Impact of Resource Abundance
Iran: The Illusion of Power. By Robert Graham. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979. Pp. 228. $16.50.
Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran: Clergy-State Relations in the Pahlavi Period. By Shahrough Akhavi. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1980. Pp. xix + 225. 9.95, paper.)
Oman Since 1856: Disruptive Modernization in a Traditional Arab Society. By Robert Geran Landen; Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967. Pp; xv, 488. $12.50.
The Cambridge History of Iran. Volume 1, The Land of Iran. Edited by W. B. Fisher. Volume 5, The Saljuq and. Mongol Periods. Edited by J. A. Boyle. Cambridge, [Eng.]: The University Press, 1968. Pp. xx, 784; xiv, 768. $12.50 ea.
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