Bibliography: BB2I55TE

key	BB2I55TE
title	The Confessions of Dolgoruki : Fiction and Masternarrative in Twentieth-Century Iran
author	Yazdani, Mina
authority control	Mina Yazdani
item type	Journal article
publication year	2011
date	2011-01
publication title	Iranian Studies
abstract note	This paper is an in-depth study of The Confessions of Dolgoruki, the purported memoirs of a nineteenth-century Russian ambassador to Iran, long adduced as a document proving the claim that the Baha'is of Iran are spies of foreign powers. It unearths several early versions of the text, contextualizes the creation of The Confessions, examines the zeitgeist that produced it, and tracks the changes the text went through as the dominant socio-political discourse changed over time. In discussing the range of reactions The Confessions provoked, this paper traces the intriguing path through which this text created the masternarrative of Baha'i espionage. Finally, a hypothesis regarding the identity of the original creator of the text is advanced.
pages	25-47
issue	1
volume	44
language	English
manual tags	ANTI-BAHA'I LITERATURE; DOLGORUKOV, DMITRII IVANOVICH