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Memoirs of M. E. Amirteymour Kalali: Tribal Leader, Majlis Deputy, Cabinet Minister (Khaterat-e Amirteymour Kalali). Edited and introduced (in Persian and English) by Habib Ladjevardi. pp. 342. Cambridge, Mass. Center for Middle Eastern Studies of Harvard University and distributed by Iran Books, 1997.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2009

Bozorgmehr Kasravi
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , April 1999 , pp. 153 - 156
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1 For example, Kalali flatly denies Mosaddeq's strong opposition to Sadr al-Ashrafs government, p. 280.

2 For example see one of Kalali's interesting memories from his youth, the “Case of Dabir al-Sultan” and his wife, and how Kalali, through sheer cleverness and resilience, managed to defuse a serious incident involving this couple and a regiment of the British army (pp. 144–51).

3 The conspiratorial role played by the British in inciting the Gowharshand massacre in Mashhad (p. 55); the conspiracy by western leaders to depose Mohammad Reza Shah (p. 95 and p. 140) and Teymourtash's removal from power at the hands of the British (p. 99), are all interesting examples of the way Kalali, much like Mohammed Reza Shah, envisaged foreign machinations to be responsible for every political event in modem Iranian history.

4 Katouzian, Homa. “Liberty and Licence in the Constitutional Revolution of Iran,” Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 07 1998, p. 159.CrossRefGoogle Scholar … See further his “Problem of Political Development in Iran: Democracy, Dictatorship or Arbitrary Government?”, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, XXII.Google Scholar

5 Another point of interest is Kalali's use of French, the only western language he knew. He frequently uses the French words autorité, interessant, comme il faut, and homnte d'état in the interview.