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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publications on the Near East, University of WashingtonPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 200 p. : col. ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 297.8/2/0955 22
LOC classification:
  • BP192.7.I68 A34 2004eb
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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.

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