Shireen Mahdavi
Taylor & Francis
1e druk, 2019
9780367315795
For God, Mammon, And Country
A Nineteenth-century Persian Merchant, Haj Muhammad Hassan Amin Al-zarb
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Taylor & Francis |
1e druk, 2019
ISBN13: 9780367315795
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This book is the first major account of the life and times of a merchant in nineteenth-century Iran or in the Middle East. Haj Muhammad Amin al-Zarb (1834?1898) rose from humble beginnings to become one of Iran's wealthiest and most prominent merchants. He built up his wealth as a money changer, a trader in textiles, precious stones, opium, carpets