Tribal Politics in Iran: Rural Conflict and the New State, 1921-1941

Tribal Politics in Iran: Rural Conflict and the New State, 1921-1941
Stephanie Cronin (Routledge, 2006)
ISBN: 9780415404402

Placing Iran’s ‘tribal problem’ in its historical context, Tribal Politics in Iran provides an overall assessment of the impact of this crucial period on the character of tribe-state relations in Iran to the end of Pahlavi rule and in the Islamic Republic. It analyzes the political and socio-economic factors undermining tribal politics under the regime of Reza Shah, and examines the division which took place regarding the ‘tribal problem’.