arbitrary despotism and taxation in iran: analysing an iranalogist’s standpoint

Since time immemorial iran has been ruled by a system of arbitrary despotism which, inevitably, has affected all aspects of state and society. a major example was the land tax which normally fleeced the peasants by extracting a heavy rent from them. willem floor’s is a substantive study of this system and its consequences for the society. he is a distinguished iranologist .this article is an investigation in this regard