Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Abbreviations
Explanatory Notes
Prologue: The Historical Background
Part One: The Struggle for Power in Western Iran, 1747 - 63
1. The Bakhtyari-Zand Regency
2. Karim Khan as Vakil
3. Azad Khan Afghan
4. Mohammad Hasan Khan Qajar
5. Afghans and Afshars
Part Two: Consolidation and Expansion, 1763 - 79
6. Internal Dissension
7. Fars and the Central Provinces
8. Kerman and Yazd
9. The Qajar Revival
10. The Persian Gulf
11. The Siege of Basra
12. Kurdistan and the Occupation of Basra
Part Three: Iran Under Karim Khan
13. Government, Land, and People
14. Administration, Revenue, and Society
15. Trade and Foreign Relations
16. The Vakil at Home
Epilogue: Karim Khan's Successors
Appendix: Survey and Assessment of the Sources
Bibliography
Index