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The Iranian Constitutional Revolution and the Clerical Leadership of Khurasani. By Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2015. 329 pp. $49.95.
For Iranians, the 1905-11 constitutional revolution was transformational. Liberals, constitutionalists, nationalists, reformers, tribesmen, and even some clergy worked together to force the shah to accept a constitution. They then defended it against the forces of counter-constitutional revolution led by the next shah with Russian backing.
While much has been previously written...