The martyrs of Karbala : Shi'i symbols and rituals in modern Iran / / Kamran Scot Aghaie.
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| Superior document: | Publications on the Near East |
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Publications on the Near East, University of Washington.
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 200 p. :; col. ill., maps. |
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Table of 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.