The Monetary History of Iran by Rudi Matthee, Willem Floor, P... - 9781780760797

The Monetary History of IranFrom the Safavids to the Qajars\nAuthor(s): Rudi Matthee, Willem Floor, Patrick Clawson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: I.B. Tauris\nISBN-13: 9781780760797, 978-1780760797\nSynopsis\nThe monetary history of a country provides important insights into its economic development, as well as its political and social history. This book is the first detailed study of Iran's monetary history from the advent of the Safavid dynasty in 1501 to the end of Qajar rule in 1925. Using an array of previously unpublished sources in ten languages, the authors consider the specific monetary conditions in Iran's modern history, covering the use of ready money and its circulation, the changing conditions of the country's mints and the role of the state in managing money. Throughout the book, the authors also consider the larger regional and global economic context within which the Iranian economy operated. As the first study of I.