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THE SWORD OF PERSIA: NADER SHAH, FROM TRIBAL WARRIOR TO CONQUERING TYRAN (Paperback - 28 Feb 2009)

THE SWORD OF PERSIA
Nader Shah, ruler of Persia from 1736 to 1747, embodied ruthless ambition, energy, military brilliance, cynicism and cruelty. His reign was filled with bloodshed, betrayal and horror. Yet Nader Shah is central to Iran's early modern history. This book features the story of this remarkable, ruthless man, capable of both charm and brutality.

By (author) MICHAEL AXWORTHY

ISBN-13: 9781845119829 ; ISBN-10: 1845119827

Price: £14.99 £11.99 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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IRAN: EMPIRE OF THE MIND: A HISTORY FROM ZOROASTER TO THE PRESENT DAY (Paperback - 6 Nov 2008)

IRAN: EMPIRE OF THE MIND
Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. From the time of the prophet Zoroaster, to the powerful ancient Persian Empires, to the revolution of 1979, the hostage crisis and president Mahmud Ahmadinejad - a controversial figure within as well as outside the country - this guide traces an account of Iran's past.

By (author) MICHAEL AXWORTHY

ISBN-13: 9780141036298 ; ISBN-10: 014103629X

Price: £9.99 £7.99 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind (Hardback - 6 May 2008)

A History of Iran
A comprehensive history of Iran, from the glories of the Persian Empire to the Islamic Republic’s newly powerful-and much vilified-role in the Middle East Iran is a land of contradictions. It is an Islamic republic, but one in which only 1.4 percent of the population attend Friday prayers. Iran’s religious culture encompasses the most censorious and dogmatic Shi’a Muslim clerics in the world, and...

By (author) Michael Axworthy

ISBN-13: 9780465008889 ; ISBN-10: 0465008887

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Empire of the Mind: A History of Iran (Hardback - 1 Oct 2007)

Empire of the Mind

By (author) Michael Axworthy

ISBN-13: 9781850658719 ; ISBN-10: 1850658714

Price: £25.00 £22.50 Not Available

The Sword of Persia: Nader Shah, from Tribal Warrior to Conquering Tyrant (Hardback - 31 Oct 2006)

The Sword of Persia
Nader Shah, ruler of Persia from 1736 to 1747, took eighteenth-century Iran from political collapse to become the dominant power in the region, recovering Herat and Kandahar, conquering Moghul Delhi, plundering the enormous treasures of India, repeatedly defeating Ottoman Turkey, and overrunning most of what is now Iraq. But suspicion and avarice led him to persecute the Persian people as savagely as any foreign...

By (author) Michael Axworthy

ISBN-13: 9781850437062 ; ISBN-10: 1850437068

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