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The martyrs of Karbala: Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran. Kamran Scot Aghaie.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 200 p. : col. ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0295984481 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0295984554 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP 192.7 .I68 A37 2004
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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.
Item type: General circulation books
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-193) 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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