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[QUOTE id="adafb179-b4a0-49d8-8e61-7fd4b20aa3ba"]Long ago I made a promise to myself not to engage in polemics, but given that this article about me was published in our school journal, my silence regarding the comments made on this page might be interpreted as acquiescence. I would hope that well-meaning individuals, my students and the readers at large, would inform themselves on the truth of the matter regarding the period of rule the Qajar era represents in Persian history. Thankfully there are now hundreds of articles and books available to give a clearer picture of that period, the latest of which being a book on War and Peace in the Qajar Era, published by Routledge in 2007, to which I contributed a chapter on the decision-making processes of the early Qajars. Innuendo and insult have their own logic and are not amenable to reason, since those who engage in them are afraid that their cherished beliefs may turn out to be wrong. I have experienced this over and over again. There is therefore nothing I could ever say that would sway those who engage in these things. In fact, having tried, I have only experienced more insult and innuendo from the same quarters and I do not expect any different this time around. My reply really concerns those who would seek to inform themselves more on the matter, and if following my encouragement even one person would study the matter more, I would consider that a victory in and of itself.[/QUOTE]
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