Middle Eastern Studies, January 1st, 2001
Mohammad Hasan Khan E'temad os-Saltaneh (1843-96), a high official in the court of Naser od-Din Shah Qajar (1848-96), has been something of an enigma to historians of nineteenth-century Iran.(1) The bare facts of his life are well known, but despite his fame, the man himself eludes us. Contemporary descriptions are fragmentary: most regard him with varying measures of awe or contempt. Those who despised the man and his politics denounced him as a Russophile reactionary and shameless liar, one who falsified historical facts to justify the heinous acts of his father and to tarnish the reputati...
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