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Colonial Legacy
Farhang Mehr
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Description for Colonial Legacy
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
This book deals with the legal status of the three islands of Abu Musa, and the Greater and Lesser Tumbs. In December 1971, the sixty-seven years of the Anglo-Iranian dispute over the islands transformed itself into Irano-UAE conflict—a conflict which Iran considers a colonial legacy inherited by the United Arab Emirates. The alliance of convenience between Iran and Britain cemented under Shah Abbas in the early seventeenth century had faded away by the mid-eighteenth century, after the collapse of the Safavid Dynasty. During the nineteenth century, the Anglo-Iranian relationship evolved into mutual distrust and resentment. The ... Read more
This book deals with the legal status of the three islands of Abu Musa, and the Greater and Lesser Tumbs. In December 1971, the sixty-seven years of the Anglo-Iranian dispute over the islands transformed itself into Irano-UAE conflict—a conflict which Iran considers a colonial legacy inherited by the United Arab Emirates. The alliance of convenience between Iran and Britain cemented under Shah Abbas in the early seventeenth century had faded away by the mid-eighteenth century, after the collapse of the Safavid Dynasty. During the nineteenth century, the Anglo-Iranian relationship evolved into mutual distrust and resentment. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761808770
SKU
V9780761808770
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About Farhang Mehr
Farhang Mehr is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Boston University.
Reviews for Colonial Legacy
...a valuable contribution and an excellent reference.
Mohammad Hemmasi, University of North Dakota ...a splendid and sure-handed history of the disputes surrounding three strategically placed islands in the Persian Gulf...a unique reference for any policymaker or scholar wishing to navigate the complex diplomatic history of Abu Musa and the Greaterand Lesser Tumbs.
Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University ...a ... Read more
Mohammad Hemmasi, University of North Dakota ...a splendid and sure-handed history of the disputes surrounding three strategically placed islands in the Persian Gulf...a unique reference for any policymaker or scholar wishing to navigate the complex diplomatic history of Abu Musa and the Greaterand Lesser Tumbs.
Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University ...a ... Read more