Persia on a cross of silver, 1880-1890 /P.W. Avery and J.B. Simmons -- The Mazanderan Development Project and Haji Mohammad Hassan: a study in Persian entrepreneurship / William J. Olson -- Sayyid Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani from the perspective of a Russian Muslim / Edward J. Lazzerini -- Mirza Aqa Khan Kirmani / Mangol Bayat-Philipp -- Kasravi: the integrative nationalist of Iran / Ervand Abrahamian -- The Iranian heritage in the eyes of the contemporary poet Mihdi Akhavan Salis (M. Omid) / Sorour S. Soroudi -- Shiʻism in contemporary Iranian politics: the case of Ali Shari'ati / Mangol Bayat-Philipp -- Preachers as substitutes for mass media: the case of Iran 1905-1909 / Asghar Fathi -- The genesis of the Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1919 / William J. Olson -- The military and politics in Iran: the uneasy symbiosis / Farhad Kazemi -- The impact of increased oil revenue on Iran's economic development (1973-76) / Hushang Moghtader.