Overview
- Summary
- After the invasion of France in 1940 a junior Iranian diplomat, the aristocratic Abdol-Hossein Sardari, found himself in charge of Iran's legation in Paris, and set about cultivating German and Vichy officials in order to protect the Iranian Jewish community in the country. Alongside the dramatic and romantic narrative of Sardari's life is the larger picture of the betrayal of Iran's neutrality by the Allies, then the eventual handing over of Axis diplomats and citizens to the Soviets "to be interrogated severely."
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Stroud : History, 2013
201302 - Locale
- Iran
Germany - Contents
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Introduction: The diplomat in the lion's shadow
The country: Rayham the entrepreneur
The people: From Kashan to Paris
The unlikely saviour: Sardari and his friends
Hubris and hypocrisy: "Small nations must not tie our hands"
The sacrifice: "Everyone has a destiny"
The terror: The sound of polished books
The campaign: The list
The aftermath: "He saved my father"
Epilogue: "Persia can never go under." - Notes
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Originally published: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-169) and index.
Introduction: The diplomat in the lion's shadow -- The country: Rayham the entrepreneur -- The people: From Kashan to Paris -- The unlikely saviour: Sardari and his friends -- Hubris and hypocrisy: "Small nations must not tie our hands" -- The sacrifice: "Everyone has a destiny" -- The terror: The sound of polished books -- The campaign: The list -- The aftermath: "He saved my father" -- Epilogue: "Persia can never go under."
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780752486383
0752486381 - Physical Description
- 176 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, photographs ; 22 cm
Keywords & Subjects
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