The martyrs of Karbala Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press,
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of 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.