Onomastic Reforms - Family Names and State Building in Iran

In the mid-1920s, Iran abolished honorary titles and honorifics and required people to adopt family names. H. E. Chehabi describes the public debates surrounding what was an important state-building effort. He traces the legislative measures and decrees that constituted the reform and explores the surnames Iranians chose or invented for themselves.

About the author

H. E. Chehabi is Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University. He is the author of Iranian Politics and Religious Modernism and Onomastic Reform, and editor or co-editor of a dozen volumes, most recently, with David Motadel, Unconquered States.

Summary

In the mid-1920s, Iran abolished honorary titles and honorifics and required people to adopt family names. H. E. Chehabi describes the public debates surrounding what was an important state-building effort. He traces the legislative measures and decrees that constituted the reform and explores the surnames Iranians chose or invented for themselves.

Product details

• Authors: H. E. Chehabi, Chehabi H. E.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780674248199
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24819-9
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Ilex Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Iran, HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, Middle Eastern history, Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours, Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours