عنوان

Converting Persia: religion and power in the Safavid Empire

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

eng

عنوان اصلي

Converting Persia: religion and power in the Safavid Empire

خط فهرست نويسي و خط اصلي شناسه

'Converting Persia' explains how Iran was to acquire one of its defining characteristics: its Shi'ism. Under the Safavids )1501-1736 CE(, Persia adopted Shi'ism as its official religion. Rula Abisaab explains how and why this specific brand of Shi'ism - urban and legally-based - was brought to the region by leading Arab 'Ulama from Ottoman Syria, and changed the face of the region till this day. These emigre scholars furnished distinct sources of legitimacy for the Safavid monarchs, and an ideological defense against the Ottomans. Just as important at the time was a conscious and vivid process of Persianization both at the state level and in society. Converting Persia is vital reading for anthropologists, historians and scholars of religion, and any interested in Safavid Persia, in Shi'ism, and in the wider history of the Middle East."Rula Abisaab has provided us with a remarkable study of Safavid Iran. Her work throws new light on the interplay of religion and society and will be a crucial work for all interested in the making of modern Iran." -Abbas Amanat, Professor of History, Yale University.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

London; New York

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

I.B. Tauris

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2004

نام خاص و کميت اثر

x, 243 p.: maps ; 24 cm

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

International library of Iranian studies

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

1

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references )p. ]221[-233( and index

متن يادداشت

ISBN: 9781860649707

متن يادداشت

Rula Jurdi Abisaab

متن يادداشت

1

متن يادداشت

2

عنصر شناسه ای

، Shah - Iran

عنصر شناسه ای

، Iran -- Religion

عنصر شناسه ای

، Iran -- History - Safavid dynasty, 1051-6371

شماره رده

شماره رده

شماره رده

عنصر شناسه اي

Abisaab, Rula Jurdi

کد نقش

AU

عنصر شناسه اي

TI

عنصر شناسه اي

SE