Religion and State in Iran 1785-1906 : The Role of the Ulama in the Qajar Period / Hamid Algar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Algar, Hamid, 1940- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clergy--Political activity.

Clergy.

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

Iran.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley ; Los Angeles, California : University of California Press, [1969]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1969.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

A Note on the Sources

Abbreviations

I. The Foundations of Clerical Influence

II. The Eve of Qajar Rule

III. The Clerical Policy of Fath 'Ali Shah

IV. ´Abbās Mīrzā, Qā'im Maqām, and the Ulama

V. The Ulama and the Early Foreign Impact

VI. The Reign of Muhammad Shāh

VII. The First Four Years of Nāşir ud-Din Shāh's Reign and the Ministry of Mirzā Taqī Khān Amir Kabīr

VIII. Bàbism, Bahà'ism, and the Ulama

IX. Between Two Reformers, Mīrzā Taqi Khān Amir Kabīr and Mīrzā Husayn Khān Sipahsalar (1268/1851-1288/1871)

X Mlrzà Husayn Khan Sipahsalàr and his Downfall

XI. Two Apostles of Change and the Ulama

XII. The Repeal of the Tobacco Concession and Its Consequences

XIII. The Clerical Opposition to Amīn ucUDaula and Amīn us-Sultān (1896-1903)

XIV. The Ulama and the Early Constitutional Movement

XV. Conclusion

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520327658

0520327659

OCLC:

1149445670