Migration and Social Change: The Ulama of Ottoman Jabal Amil Safavid Iran 1501- 1736
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;supervisor: Abbas Amanat
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Faculty of the Graduate school, Yale University, USA
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: 1998
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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XIX, 454p.
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: ill, map.
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UMI Microform 9831465
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DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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Ph.D.
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, Faculty of the Graduate school, Yale University, USA
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Jabal Amil in pre-modern times: Shi'ism and social change .- Amili scholars and the shahs in the sixteenth century: the promulagation of distinct pollitico-religious discourse .- Amili clerical authority in transition: from Shah Abbas I (996/1587-1038/1629) to the last Safavids .- Friday Prayer and Safavid Sovereignty .- Themes in Safavid-Amili Intellectual Production .- The Duel over Political Custody: Jurists, Sufis and Sunnites.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Shiites -- Iran -- History -- Dissertations
Shiah -- Lebanon -- History
Iran -- History, 16th -18th Centuries
Amil Mountains (Lebanon) -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- Dissertations
Iran -- Emigration and Immigration -- History -- Dissertations