This volume explores the troubled eighteenth century in Iran,
between the collapse of the Safavids and the establishment of the
new Qajar dynasty in the early decades of the nineteenth century.
Despite the striking military successes of Nader Shah, to defeat
the Afghan invaders, drive back the Ottomans in the west, and
launch campaigns into India and Central Asia, Iran steadily lost
territory in the Caucasus and the east, where Persian arms failed
to recover lands lost to the Afghans and the Ozbeks. The chapters
of this book cover the continuity and change over this transitional
period from a range of perspectives including political history,
historiography, art and material culture. They illuminate the
changes in Iran’s internal conditions, including the legitimising
legacy of the Safavid period in court chronicles, the rise of Nader
Shah and his influence on the idea of Iran, as well as the art of
successive dynasties competing for power and prestige. The volume
also addresses Iran’s changed international situation by
examining relations with Russia, Britain and India, the result of
which would contribute to its re-emergence with a curtailed
presence in the new world order of European dominance.
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