Revolutions of the end of time : apocalypse, revolution and reaction in the Persianate world / by Saïd Amir Arjomand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arjomand, Said Amir, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions--Iran--History.

Revolutions.

Islam and politics--Iran--History.

Islam and politics.

Shīʻah--Iran--History.

Shīʻah.

Iran--History--640-.

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Shiʻism, Sufism, and the Symbolism of Kingship in the Formation of Persianate Islam

3. Sufism and Shiʻite Millennialism in the Il-Khanid and Timurid Empires

4. Royal Reactions to Apocalyptic Messianism and the Reinforced Legitimation of Autocracy

5. The Causes and Process of Shah Esmāʻil's Mahdist Revolution

6. Sunni Reactions to the Safavid Mahdist Revolution and the Ottoman Imperial Counter-Revolution

7. The Mahdi of Light and His Millenarian Revolution in Tribal Afghanistan

8. The Fall of the Safavid Empire as a Revolution in World History

9. The Persistence of Apocalyptic Mahdism and the Coming of the Modern Myth of Revolution

10. The Millennial Motivation and Significance of the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran

Excursus: A Sunni Apocalypse at Last: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 20, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Arjomand, Saïd Amir. Revolutions of the end of time

ISBN:

9789004517158

9004517154

Publisher Number:

40031483815

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