Introduction: The city of religion and Opium
Trading the Kārūn navigation rights for the Star of India
A blind star will not become the moon: the Zill al-Sultān's eclipse
Taqī is not afraid of your unloaded canons
Defeating the British tobacco monopoly
Anti-British resistance and other trade wars
The Anglican gospel for Persia
Proselytizing the Jews
Disintegration and unrest
Rise of the light of God: from princely absolutism to tribal rule
Epilogue
List of governors of Isfahān 1752-1922.
In the shadow of the king : Zill al-Sultān and Isfahān under the Qājārs by Heidi A. Walcher. ISBN 9781850434344. Published by I.B. Tauris in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.