arfa hassan general (6 Ergebnisse)

1st edition. 8vo. [x] + 457pp. B/w. illustrations, 4 maps. Original cloth. Green d/w. lettered in white and black. Some minor wear. US$15.

1st edition. 8vo. [x] + 457pp. B/w. illustrations, 4 maps. Original cloth. Green d/w. lettered in white and black. Some minor wear. US$15.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First US edition (UK edition published in 1964). Thick 8vo, x + 462 pp. plates. Very good copy in very good dust wrapper, slightly frayed at top of spine, one-inch tear along seam in upper left corner of front panel. The five shahs of the title were the last three Qajar shahs (Mozaffar ad-Din, Mohammed Ali, and Ahmad) and the two Pahlavi shahs, Reza and Mohammed Reza. We also have listed his "The Kurds.".

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition without jacket on green cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.

Hardback. 457pp 1964. *Lively personal memoirs spanning 70 years by a soldier diplomat close to the centre of events (FAB). VG in DW.

orig. cloth. 10pp photoplates, 4pp maps. (illustrator). 22x14cm, ix,457,(14)pp. Autobiography of an Iranian general & Pahlavi dynasty ambassador. ["., Arfa first met Reza Shah Pahlavi (ruled 1926 - 1941), who was then Minister of War, at the outset of the campaign against the Kurds in 1921. Reza Shah's forceful character left a deep impression on him, and Arfa remained a loyal supporter of the Pahlavis throughout his life.,.During the joint Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran in August 1941, the shah appointed Arfa chief of staff in charge of the defenses for Tehran.,.Arfa became involved in national politics during the 1940s and 1950s. As Chief of the General Staff from 1944 to 1946, he authorized the supply of weapons to the Shahsavan tribesmen who opposed the autonomous government of Azerbaijan.,.Arfa became a founding member of the secret committee of military officers, the Committee to Save the Fatherland, formed in 1952 with the objective of overthrowing Mossadegh.,." -wikipedia]. Minor rubbing. Small tear to dustwrapper. VG., 22x14cm.