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Remapping Persian Literary History, 1700-1900

Dedication Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration and Translation List of Maps, Figures and Illustrations Contents Introduction Chapter 1. Remembering Iran, Forgetting the Persianate: Persian Literary Historiography of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Afghan Legacy The Rise of the Durrani State and Bidilism South Asian Stagnation The ‘New Munshi’ and Transition to English B.

The Curious Addition of Non-Religious Characters to The Martyrdom of Imam Husain

The rule of the Qajar dynasty was a vibrant period for the Iranian taʿziyeh tradition; the genre’s anonymous dramatists not only developed the verse of the central plays of the Karbala cycle but innovated new narrative content. This study investigates one such innovation, the curious appearance of two new characters in the climactic play The Martyrdom of Imam Husain.

Political Quietism in Islam

In recent years, Islam – whether via the derivatives of ‘Political Islam’ or ‘Islamism’ – has come to be seen as an ‘activist’ force in social and political spheres worldwide. What such representations have neglected is the strong countervailing tradition of political quietism.

Beyond sectarianism: Intermarriage and social difference in Lebanon | International Journal of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core

Based on interviews with Lebanese in over 150 mixed-religion marriages and their extended family members, I argue that sect may conceal or stand in for other forms of difference, including ideas about status and hierarchy related to class and regional origin in Lebanon.

189 | janvier-mars 2020 Religions en Iran

La religion officielle et l’idéologie politique prônées par la République islamique d’Iran depuis la révolution de 1979 ont produit un large répertoire d’idées et de pratiques religieuses. Cependant, au-delà de l’uniformité apparente des représentations qui en sont données se dessine une pluralité de faits religieux.

The Shīʿīs in Palestine

Preface List of Figures and Tables Note on Translations, Dates, and Transliteration Introduction  Medieval and Modern Palestine 1 From Immigration to the Golden Age  1 The First Shīʿīs in Palestine  2 Palestine under Shīʿī Rule  3 Giving Palestine a Shīʿī Identity: Tombs of the ahl al-bayt  4 Ibn al-ʿArabī and the Shīʿīs of Tiberias

Khomeini and Muḥammad al-Shīrāzī: Revisiting the Origins of the “Guardianship of the Jurisconsult” (wilāyat al-faqīh)

Abstract This article revisits the origins of Khomeini’s concept of the guardianship of the jurisconsult ( wilāyat al-faqīh ) and argues that his own formulation of this concept needs to be embedded in debates around the clerical mandate in the state among clerical activists in Iraq he encountered during his exile.

Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam

Guest Editor: Cameron Zargar, University of Exeter The Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam invites articles for a special issue related to the theme of ” Marja’iyya and Society.” We encourage submissions that engage with how the marāji”s fatwas help shape and are shaped by Twelver Shī’ī communities.

The Struggle for the Soul of Twelver Shiʿism in Qajar Iran

Abstract From the 1770s onwards, there was a struggle for the soul of Shiʿism in Iran – a struggle over what the true nature of religion should be. On one side was the dominant Uṣūlī religious hierarchy, focused on the Shariʿa and asserting that its rationalist methodology was the path to true knowledge.

From Attachment to a Sacred Figure to Loyalty to a Sacred Route: The Walking Pilgrimage of Arbaeen

Around 20 million Shia pilgrims shape one of the world’s biggest pilgrimages in Iraq, called “Arbaeen,” many of whom walk long distances to Karbala city as a part of the ritual every year.