CORE-UA 533 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tobacco Protest, Mirza Malkam Khan, Military Science
17 Jan 2017
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Entered gov. service and served several diplomatic missions. Tried various reforms, but most of them failed. Started cultivation of sugar and cane in southern iran. School had a strong emphasis on military science, but also had things like engineering and. Lasting impact is polytechnic school in iran. medicine. Established translation bureau, translating books form french to persian. Also had an attached printing house, one of the first state owned printing houses. Still difficult to control subject matters people actually read. Played a prominent rule in encouraging people to read more about political and social issues. Came from iranian family, but got education in france. Secret society founded by mirza malkam khan. Read about politics in europe, especially rule of law and new forms of government. Shah was initially surprisingly tolerant of this society. Until 1862 when the shah closed down the society. Some iranians started to write and circulate books. Persian speaking writer, but was out of iran.
