Iran at the Paris Peace Conference

Philip Grobien holds a PhD from the University of St Andrews. His published work to date reflects his interest in the development of Iran’s territorial nationalism during the Qajar dynasty.

Prologue: The Paris Peace Conference
Acknowledgements
Transliteration and Dates
Abbreviations
List of maps

Introduction: Iran at the crossroads
Conceptualizing Iran’s Outlook
Imperial Nationalism
Paris: Policies and personalities
Historiography and sources

Chapter 1: The nineteenth century, the Great Game and the squeezing of Iran
Encounters and the advent of Russian confrontation
Britain: a symbolic toe in the water
Economic hegemony and the Qajar playbook

Chapter 2: An Enlightenment
Intellectual inheritance
Direct action
More contemporary foundations
Occupation and war
The question of International law

Chapter 3: A new dawn
Iran and the preparation for peace
The delegation
Foreign reaction to Iran’s delegation and plans
The delegation goes to Paris

Chapter 4: Springtime in Paris
January and February
March and April
Controlling the narrative

Chapter 5: The cauterisation of independence
May
The Triumvirate
The Anglo-Persian Agreement
June, July and August
Criticism of the agreement

Chapter 6: The persistence of Nosrat al-Dowleh
Nosrat al-Dowleh
Countering the narrative
Squaring the circle
Round two
Russia and the endgame

Conclusion: A reassessment
Notes
Appendix
Bibliography
Index