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.