For God, Mammon, And Country

A Nineteenth-century Persian Merchant, Haj Muhammad Hassan Amin Al-zarb

Shireen Mahdavi (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-31579-5 (ISBN)

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This book is an account of the life and times of Haj Muhammad Hassan Amin al-Zarb, the most prominent nineteenth-century Iranian merchant and Iran's first major entrepreneur. It is an interesting work illuminating Iran's path to modernity, economic and religious themes in the process.

This book is the first major account of the life and times of a merchant in nineteenth-century Iran or in the Middle East. Haj Muhammad Amin al-Zarb (1834?1898) rose from humble beginnings to become one of Iran's wealthiest and most prominent merchants. He built up his wealth as a money changer, a trader in textiles, precious stones, opium, carpets

Shireen Mahdavi

A Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Beginning -- Early Years in Tehran -- Period of Growth -- The Successful Entrepreneur -- Political and Industrial Activities -- The Railway Quest and the European Trip -- Years of Triumph and Reversal -- Last Years -- Conclusion -- Memento of a Life -- Amin Al-Zarb’s Testament to His Son -- Household Expenditures -- Chronologies -- Lines of Descent -- Who’s Who -- A Note on Sources

Erscheinungsdatum	07.08.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-367-31579-3 / 0367315793
ISBN-13	978-0-367-31579-5 / 9780367315795
Zustand	Neuware