The Challenges to Authority in Iran in the Late 19th Century

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Baha'i has become incredibly demonized through out Iranian history through the present day exactly, so it's taken some historical excavation to kind of think through the profound challenge that bbism poses. There are also reformists at this moment in the late 19th century whose specific investment becomes law in the rule of law as opposed to process based law and regionalist laws. This is part of the colonial critique of Khajar absolutism which was internalized by Khajar-era reform intellectuals like Malcolm Khan.

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran, from 1906 through the present. This episode is the first in a four-part series, covering the period from 1906 until 1941, from the Constitutional Revolution that imposed constitutional limits on the Qajar dynasty through the 1921 coup that brought to power Reza Khan—who then in 1925 deposed the Qajars and became Reza Shah, the first shah of the Pahlavi dynasty. We end just before the 1941 occupation of Iran by longtime imperial powers, Britain and the Soviet Union, which forced Reza Shah out and replaced him with his son, Muhammad Reza Shah—which is where we will pick up in episode two. RIP Mike Davis. Listen to his Dig interviews here: thedigradio.com/tag/mike-davis Please support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig Read our newsletters and explore our vast archives at thedigradio.com