The martyrs of Karbala : Shi’i symbols and rituals in modern Iran
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1st ed.
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Seattle :
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University of Washington Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvi, 200 p. :
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مرجع به حساب نمي آيد
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-193) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.