From Yazd to Bombay—Ardeshir Mehrabān ‘Irani’ and the rise of Persia's nineteenth-century Zoroastrian merchants

This article begins by surveying the commercial structure of nineteenth-century Yazd, centring on the economic activities of its Zoroastrian inhabitants. Next, we examine the house of Mehrabān, arguing that they were intermediate figures in Persia's transition from a pre-capitalist to an inchoa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 2024-01, Vol.34 (1), p.1-25
Hauptverfasser:	Mohajer, Nasser, Yazdani, Kaveh
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	19th century Cholera Cotton Cultural capital Fruits Merchants Pandemics Precursors Socioeconomic factors Textiles Trade Ventures Zoroastrianism
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