Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. A Note on the Sources XI
5. Abbreviations XVII
6. I. The Foundations of Clerical Influence 1
7. II. The Eve of Qajar Rule 26
8. III. The Clerical Policy of Fath 'Ali Shah 45
9. IV. ´Abbās Mīrzā, Qā'im Maqām, and the Ulama 73
10. V. The Ulama and the Early Foreign Impact 82
11. VI. The Reign of Muhammad Shāh 103
12. VII. The First Four Years of Nāşir ud-Din Shāh's Reign and the Ministry of Mirzā Taqī Khān Amir Kabīr 122
13. VIII. Bàbism, Bahà'ism, and the Ulama 137
14. IX. Between Two Reformers, Mīrzā Taqi Khān Amir Kabīr and Mīrzā Husayn Khān Sipahsalar (1268/1851-1288/1871) 152
15. X Mlrzà Husayn Khan Sipahsalàr and his Downfall 169
16. XI. Two Apostles of Change and the Ulama 184
17. XII. The Repeal of the Tobacco Concession and Its Consequences 205
18. XIII. The Clerical Opposition to Amīn ucUDaula and Amīn us-Sultān (1896-1903) 222
19. XIV. The Ulama and the Early Constitutional Movement 240
20. XV. Conclusion 257
21. Glossary 261
22. Bibliography 267
23. Index 278