Michael Rubin. « The Telegraph and Frontier Politics : Modernization and the Demarcation of Iran’s borders ». Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, 16, 2 (1998), pp. 59-72.
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1This interesting article examines the impact of the telegraph on Qajar society beyond the obvious one of facilitating communication. It follows the tortuous negotiations between the British and the Iranians over the terms and conditions of establishing and using a telegraph link, and shows how it pointed up sensitive issues of territorial control and sovereignty. In fact, the author argues, part of the modernizing impulse of the construction of the telegraph was that its introduction made Nāṣer al-Dīn Šāh acutely aware of border questions. The telegraph thus catalyzed the final demarcation of Iran’s borders.
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Rudi Matthee, « Michael Rubin. « The Telegraph and Frontier Politics : Modernization and the Demarcation of Iran’s borders ». Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, 16, 2 (1998), pp. 59-72. », Abstracta Iranica [En ligne], Volume 23 | 2002, document 163, mis en ligne le 08 février 2010, consulté le 19 avril 2024. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/35422 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/abstractairanica.35422
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