Proceedings of the 46th International Academic Conference, Rome

THE EFFECTS OF TREATIES CEDED TO RUSSIA AND BRITAIN DURING THE QAJAR PERIOD (NASERI AND MOZAFARI)

MAHMOOD SEYYED, MOHAMMAD SEPEHRI

Abstract:

Qajar governments of Naseri and Mozaffari periods, while western countries were developing in the economic fields, investment exporting policy to undeveloped countries, lagged behind others in the domains of agriculture, trade and industry. Regarding this fact and determining its origins, many theories have been presented since that time. Obstructionism in the essence of Qajar state and government's inability to recognize the economic facts and foundations of countries' development, proper cultural basis for social retreat from the world and ultimately the government's submission to Russia's and Britain's colonial policy were among the causes for the lag of country's economy behind the process of development. This article will firstly deal with the economic changes and study of Iran's government in Naseri and Mozaffari periods, then it will refer to the scant measures taken by the government in the domain of economic development which led to a fruitless economy. Thirdly, the article tries to talk about those social layers of the country such as merchants who had significant incentives to stimulate the economic growth in the country. They not only lacked the government's support but faced many obstacles by the state. In the fourth place, we will infer from high rate of bankruptcy, degeneration of domestic traditional industries, conversion of a few trades, some entities, to economy, obvious signs of economic deadlock against development and analyze them.

Keywords: Qajar, Naseri, Mozaffari, privileges, consequences, Russia, Britain

DOI: 10.20472/IAC.2019.046.023

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