Between foreigners and Shi'is : nineteenth-century Iran and its Jewish minority / Daniel Tsadik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsadik, Daniel, 1969-2023.

Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Iran--History--19th century.

Jews.

Ethnic relations.

History.

Iran--History--Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925.

Iran.

Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896.

Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh.

Islam--Relations--Judaism.

Islam.

Relations.

Judaism.

Judaism--Relations--Islam.

Iran--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xxi, 295 pages : map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2007]

Summary:

< Between Foreigners and Shi'is addresses nineteenth-century Iranian Jews'standing as influenced by the interplay between intervening foreigners, sectors of the Shi' i majority, and local Jews.

Contents:

Shi'i legal attitudes toward the Jews

"Justice and kindness" (1848-1866)

Vacillating steps toward change (1866-1873)

Fragile and erratic amelioration (1874-1883)

Reassertion of the Dhimmah (1884-1896).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-282) and index.

ISBN:

9780804754583

0804754586

OCLC:

78791720