The martyrs of Karbala [electronic resource] : Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran / Kamran Scot Aghaie.

By: Aghaie, Kamran ScotContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Publications on the Near East, University of WashingtonPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2004Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 200 p. : col. ill., mapsISBN: 9780295800783 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Shiah -- Iran -- History | Shiah -- Iran -- Tehran -- Case studies | Muslim martyrs -- Iraq -- Karbala | Shiah -- Customs and practices | Islam and politics -- IranGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 297.8/2/0955 LOC classification: BP192.7.I68 | A34 2004Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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