| ID | 132106 |
| Title Proper | Revisiting and revising the Tobacco rebellion |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Farmanfarmaian, Fatema Soudavar |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The major foreign concessions granted in the reign of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar have received considerable attention, none more so than the Tobacco Rebellion, which is generally viewed as a watershed event in the awakening of political consciousness in Iran. Although mentioned in most of the published material on the precedents of the Constitutional Revolution of 1906, a revised narrative of the tobacco rebellion is overdue. This paper fills the gaps and revises some of the widely held assumptions on the forces that unleashed a nationwide movement that almost brought down the Qajar dynasty. The emphasis is on the incendiary protests in Tabriz and the largely neglected role of Hajj Kazem Malek-al-Tojjar. This article, which is the fifth of a series by the author on the two Malek-al-tojjar-e mamalek-e mahrusa of the Qajar era, questions the authorship of the fatwa (hokm) and re-assesses the motivation for its hasty proclamation and dissemination. In other words, were the "sensation-seekers" the heroes of reform or is there a neglected version to extricate from the truths and half-truths propounded about this watershed event? |
| `In' analytical Note | Iranian Studies Vol. 47, No.4; Jul 2014: p.595-625 |
| Journal Source | Iranian Studies Vol. 47, No.4; Jul 2014: p.595-625 |
| Key Words | Tobacco Rebellion ; Political Consciousness ; Constitutional Revolution - 1906 ; Qajar Dynasty |