ROUTLEDGECURZON/BIPS PERSIAN STUDIES SERIES Editorial Board Professor C. E. Bosworth, Dr V. S. Curtis, Dr R. M. Gleave, Dr V. A. Martin In this series, RoutledgeCurzon in association with the British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS) publishes scholarly books in the social sciences and humanities on Iran. Such works include: original research monographs; suitably revised theses; specially planned books deriving from conferences; specially commissioned, multi-authored research books and translations. 1 IRANIAN HISTORY AND POLITICS The Dialectic of State and Socity Homa Katouzian 2 THE MAKING OF MODERN IRAN State and Society under Riza Shah 1921-1941 Edited by Stephanie Cronin 3 REFORMERS AND REVOLUTIONARIES IN MODERN IRAN New Perspectives on the Iranian Left Edited by Stephanie Cronin 4 RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN QAJAR IRAN Edited by Robert Gleave RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN QAJAR IRAN Proceedings of the conference held on 4-6 September 2000 in Bristol and jointly organised by Bristol University (Department of Theology and Religious Studies), The British Institute of Persian Studies, The Iran Heritage Foundation, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the University of Bristol Faculty of Arts. Edited by Robert Gleave I~ ~~ 0 ~f!!n~~~;urzon LONDON AND NEW YORK