Extraterritoriality, Nationality, and Empire in the Persianate World, 1890-1940
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Published:2021-11-26
Issue:5-6
Volume:64
Page:752-791
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ISSN:0022-4995
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Container-title:Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
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language:
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Short-container-title:J. Econ. Soc. Hist. Orient
Affiliation:
1. La Salle University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Abstract
Abstract
Extraterritoriality and nationality were crucial to the legal landscape of the Late Persianate world and relations between Iran and British India. Extraterritoriality not only protected British subjects from Persian prosecution but also afforded the British Empire the means to rule Indians in lands beyond the Raj. Iran’s opposition to extraterritoriality led to laws that expanded Iranian nationality to include many Indians living in Iran and the Iranian diaspora living in India—who often navigated these rules as it best suited their interests. These developments reveal the significance of imperialism and state building to the emergence of modern international law and the fate of the Persianate world.
Funder
European Research Commission and the Lawforms project
Subject
Economics and Econometrics,Sociology and Political Science,History