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 until 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.
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"...a remarkable study of Safavid Iran. Her work throws new light on the interplay of religion and society...." --Abbas Amanat, Professor of History, Yale University, and author of Imagining the End (I.B.Tauris)
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Rula Jurdi Abisaab is a Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern History at the University of Akron, Ohio.
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This is a great book to read about Safavid Empire roles in converting Persia to 12 Imam shiite. The book focused on two areas. One, how Friday pray became accpetable in shiite Iran, and direction of pray was indispute. Last, the mystery of hidden Imam.
The book did not focuse on one historical figure, the author discuused all the Safavid Kings.
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IN THE LAST THREE decades, Islam with its varied Sunnite and Shi'ite colorings has figured as an international socio-political phenomenon with significant legal and doctrinal dimensions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mir Damad, Shah Tahmasb, Shah Isma'il, Mir Husayn, Khalifa Sultan, Safavid Empire, Shah Safi, Mir Makhdum, Twelver Shi'ism, Muhammad Beg, Shah Suleiman, Abu Muslim, Abu Bakr, Hidden Imam, Mirza Muhammad, Saru Taqi, Muhammad Baqir, Safavid Persia, Safavid Shahs, Mir Sayyid Husayn, Mulla Sadra, Ibn Babuya, Ibn Khwatun, Khahfa Sultan, Shah Ismail New!
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IN THE LAST THREE decades, Islam with its varied Sunnite and Shi'ite colorings has figured as an international socio-political phenomenon with significant legal and doctrinal dimensions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mir Damad, Shah Tahmasb, Shah Isma'il, Mir Husayn, Khalifa Sultan, Safavid Empire, Shah Safi, Mir Makhdum, Twelver Shi'ism, Muhammad Beg, Shah Suleiman, Abu Muslim, Abu Bakr, Hidden Imam, Mirza Muhammad, Saru Taqi, Muhammad Baqir, Safavid Persia, Safavid Shahs, Mir Sayyid Husayn, Mulla Sadra, Ibn Babuya, Ibn Khwatun, Khahfa Sultan, Shah Ismail New!
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- Iran Under the Safavids by Roger Savory on 10 pages
- The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol. 6: The Timurid and Safavid Periods (Volume 6) by Peter Jackson on 7 pages
- Safavid Government Institutions by Willem Floor on 6 pages
- History of Islamic Philosophy (Routledge History of World Philosophies) by Oliver Leaman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Intellectual Studies on Islam: Essays Written in Honor of Martin B. Dickson by Michel M. Mazzaoui in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Distant Relations: Iran and Lebanon in the Last 500 Years by Houchang Chehabi on 4 pages
- Islamic Imperialism: A History by Efraim Karsh in Back Matter
- The Pursuit of Pleasure: Drugs and Stimulants in Iranian History, 1500-1900 by Rudi Matthee in Back Matter
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