Aghaie, Kamran Scot.

The martyrs of Karbala Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran / [electronic resource] : Kamran Scot Aghaie. - 1st ed. - Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2004. - xvi, 200 p. : col. ill., maps. - Publications on the Near East . - Publications on the Near East, University of Washington. .

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.

9780295800783 (electronic bk.)




Shiah--History.--Iran
Shiah--Iran--Tehran--Case studies.
Muslim martyrs--Iraq--Karbala.
Shiah--Customs and practices.
Islam and politics--Iran.


Electronic books.

BP192.7.I68 / A34 2004

297.8/2/0955