Another missionary, Clara Colliver Rice, published her observations after traveling to Iran in her book Persian Women and their Ways: the experiences and impressions of a long sojourn amongst the women of the land of the Shah with an intimate description of their characteristics, customs and manner of living.
Yes, that whole thing was the title of her book. They liked really long, boring, description titles back then. Persian Women and Their Ways was published in 1923 in Philadelphia.
The broad regional categories “Arabia,” “Caucasia,” and “Mesopotamia” here called “surrounding countries” reflect the changing political landscape of the Middle East in 1923. The Treaty of Lausanne was signed the same year Rice’s book was published, and in the treaty, the Ottoman Empire gave up claims to its territories outside Anatolia and established the Turkish Republic.
I wonder how different the map would have looked if the book was published one or two years later.
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I've noticed that girls in organizations about "critical racial studies" and "anti-colonialism" and who rant against white privilege tend to be the most racist people themselves. I know several asian girls, middle eastern girls, and even gay guys in these organizations who ONLY date WHITE MEN, and never ethnic men. I use to think these causes were cool but now I think they are just projections of these peoples' self-hatred. Explain.
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What makes you think I’m a psychologist? Welcome to my history blog. :)
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, (23 March 1853 – 3 January 1907) was the fifth Qajar king of Iran. He reigned between the years 1896 and 1907.
He was pretty vain. Died almost immediately after signing Iran’s Constitution. He was also the first king caught on film!
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Another example of a 19th century Iranian telegraph, this one from the Presbyterian Historical Society Archives in Philadelphia.
An example of a telegraph from the Qajar Era, from Reverend S. G. Wilson’s Persian Life and Customs.
Under the lion icon, it says “The Telegraph Office of the Esteemed Government of Iran.”
During the nineteenth century, Iran became a popular destination for Christian missionaries. Often, both men and women traveled to Iran and kept journals with their observances, which sometimes got published. A few even included photographs.
This is one example, written by Reverend S. G. Wilson and published in 1895. Interestingly, his travelogue not only includes a thematic analysis of Iranian life (chapters titled “business life,” “social and family life,” etc, but he also includes a partial discussion of how he arrived to Iran through the Black Sea, Tiflis, and Ararat, as well as descriptions of the different places he visited: “Tabriz, the Metropolis,” “Maragha, the Seat of the Mongols,” “Teheran, the Capital” and so on.
Tehran, Iran, 1880s.
The guy on the left was Zell al-Sultan, the governor of Isfahan. He felt like he was better suited to be king than his brother, Mozaffar al-Din Shah. Like his father Nasir al-Din Shah, he reallyyyy enjoyed having his picture taken.
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Qorbanat shavam, “may I be sacrificed for you” (aka, I love you a lot), begins this alleged letter from Amir Kabir to Nasir al-Din Shah. In his letter, Amir Kabir wrote about an incident while the king was away from Tehran, and how the aunt of a corrupt official intervened in state affairs. The letter ends with
عليحضرت بدانند كه اداره امور مملكت با توصيه عمو و خاله نمى شود
“Your Majesty should know that government affairs cannot be run based on input from uncles and aunts.”
Nasir al-Din Shah’s mother, Mahd Olya, was a really active part of his early reign and didn’t get along with Amir Kabir. In fact, she had him removed of his post and ultimately sentenced to death, despite his close relationship with the king. This letter is said to have been an indirect jab at Nasir al-Din for letting his mom get in the way of too many things.
Some historians have dismissed this letter as a forgery. Either way, it makes for a good story.
