Qajar Dynasty

What happens when an empire is too proud to collapse - and too weak to survive?For one hundred and thirty years, the Qajar shahs sat atop the Peacock Throne, ruling a civilization that had outlasted Greeks, Arabs, and Mongols.They commanded poets and armies, built palaces of breathtaking beauty, and negotiated with emperors. They were, by any measure, heirs to one of the greatest cultures in human...