Amin mahdavi biography books

This book is the first major account of the life and times of a merchant in nineteenth-century Iran or in the Middle East....

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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.
  • This book is the first major account of the life and times of a merchant in nineteenth-century Iran or in the Middle East.
  • This book is the first major account of the life and times of a merchant in nineteenth-century Iran or in the Middle East.
  • Amin al-Zarb was the epitome of a merchant capitalist.

    • For God, Mammon, and Country

    ebook ∣ A Nineteenth-century Persian Merchant, Haj Muhammad Hassan Amin Al-zarb

    By Shireen Mahdavi

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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, agricultural products, and staple foodstuffs amongst other goods, and judicious transactions in land.

    Adept at cultivating powerful connections, he became the principal supplier of luxury goods to the Shah, his court, and members of the ruling elite; served as private banker to