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The martyrs of Karbala : Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran / Kamran Scot Aghaie.
Van Pelt Library BP192.7.I68 A37 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aghaie, Kamran Scot.
- Series:
- Publications on the Near East, University of Washington
- Publications on the Near East
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shīʻah--Iran--History.
- Shīʻah.
- Iran.
- History.
- Shīʻah--Iran--Tehran--Case studies.
- Muslim martyrs--Iraq--Karbalāʼ.
- Muslim martyrs.
- Iraq--Karbalāʼ.
- Shīʻah--Customs and practices.
- Islam and politics--Iran.
- Islam and politics.
- Iran--Tehran.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 200 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Looks at the continuing political significance of religious rituals commemorating the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE.
- Contents:
- A brief historical background of Shi'ism and Moharram
- The Qajar elites and religious patronage (1796-1925)
- Qajar society and religious culture : Tehran as a case study
- The Pahlavi regime and the emergence of secular modernism (1925-1979)
- Religious rituals, society and politics during the Pahlavi period
- Hoseyn "the prince of martyrs"
- Fatemeh, Zeynab, and emerging discourses on gender
- The Islamic republic.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-193) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0295984481
- 0295984554
- OCLC:
- 55138850
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