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Article: Qajar Persia.
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- July 1, 1992
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It is a great pleasure to welcome the recent publications of two books on Iranian history by Professor Lambton. The first, Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia, is an elaboration of five lectures given by the author in 1981 at Columbia University. The work covers a wide range of topics dealing with social, economic, and administrative aspects of the history of Iran in the period of the Saljuqs, Khwarazm-Shahs and II-Khans. After a clear historical introduction, Professor Lambton devotes six separate chapters to the wazirate, law and its administration, the iqta, landed property, agriculture and irrigation, and taxation. The remaining four chapters analyze the ...