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The Persian Economy in the Mid-19Th Century

The Persian Economy in the Mid-19Th Century THE PERSIAN ECONOMY IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY* BY GAD G. GILBAR University of Haifa A new chapter in Persia's economic history started in the late 1860s and early 1870s. Although it is true that the deviation was not complete, and that certain economic changes were already be- coming evident somewhat earlier, the more significant developments, which changed the economic structure of Persia and modernized its economic system, did not begin before the last thirty odd years of the 19th century. It is the aim of this study to present an outline of the main characteristics of the Persian economy prior to the period of modernization and change, namely in and around the 1850s. Estimates of the total number of the population of the country around the 1850s are extremely contradictory. While unofficial Persian sources and several foreigners, who stayed for many years in Persia in the 1850s and 1860s, estimated the total number of the population at some 10 million people,1 other foreigners put the population at * Der Autor hat keine Korrektur gelesen. Trotz viermaliger Mahnung hat er weder Korrekturen noch sein Manuskript zurfckgeschickt. Um den Band nicht zu verz6gern, hat Dr. M. Ali Hachicho, Bonn, freundlicherweise http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Die Welt des Islams Brill

The Persian Economy in the Mid-19Th Century

Gilbar, Gad G.
Die Welt des Islams , Volume 19 (1-4): 177 – Jan 1, 1979
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© 1979 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0043-2539
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10.1163/157006079X00050
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THE PERSIAN ECONOMY IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY* BY GAD G. GILBAR University of Haifa A new chapter in Persia's economic history started in the late 1860s and early 1870s. Although it is true that the deviation was not complete, and that certain economic changes were already be- coming evident somewhat earlier, the more significant developments, which changed the economic structure of Persia and modernized its economic system, did not begin before the last thirty odd years of the 19th century. It is the aim of this study to present an outline of the main characteristics of the Persian economy prior to the period of modernization and change, namely in and around the 1850s. Estimates of the total number of the population of the country around the 1850s are extremely contradictory. While unofficial Persian sources and several foreigners, who stayed for many years in Persia in the 1850s and 1860s, estimated the total number of the population at some 10 million people,1 other foreigners put the population at * Der Autor hat keine Korrektur gelesen. Trotz viermaliger Mahnung hat er weder Korrekturen noch sein Manuskript zurfckgeschickt. Um den Band nicht zu verz6gern, hat Dr. M. Ali Hachicho, Bonn, freundlicherweise

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Published: Jan 1, 1979

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