Bibliography: BIB34498

Key	BIB34498
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	The Confessions of Dolgoruki : Fiction and Masternarrative in Twentieth-Century Iran
Journal	Iranian Studies
Author	Yazdani, Mina
Year	2011
Date	January 2011
Issue	1
Volume	44
Abstract	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.
Language	English
Keywords	DOLGORUKOV, DMITRII IVANOVICH; ANTI-BAHA'I LITERATURE
Pages	25–47
Legal note	11.
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