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- catalog abstract ""Converting Persia explains how Iran was to acquire one of its defining features: its Shi'ite character. 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. Under their tutelage, religious thought was increasingly shaped by questions of imperial authority, class relations and the effects of widespread socioeconomic change that swept the region. 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 historians, scholars and anthropologists of religion, and those interested in Safavid Persia, in Islamic Studies, and in the wider history of the Middle East."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b13211318.
- catalog coverage "Iran History Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736.".
- catalog coverage "Iran Religion.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Converting Persia explains how Iran was to acquire one of its defining features: its Shi'ite character. 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. Under their tutelage, religious thought was increasingly shaped by questions of imperial authority, class relations and the effects of widespread socioeconomic change that swept the region. 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 historians, scholars and anthropologists of religion, and those interested in Safavid Persia, in Islamic Studies, and in the wider history of the Middle East."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "1. Sufi regalia and lagel banners : the Safavids and the emigré Arab jurists -- 2. The Mujtahids navigate the souvereign's world -- 3. Shah 'Abbas and imperial reign as clerical discipline, 1587-1629CE -- 4. Safavid mistrust, popular interest and rationalist's retreat -- 5. The rediscovery of traditions and the shifting normative.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-233) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 243 p. :".
- catalog identifier "186064970X".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : I.B. Tauris,".
- catalog spatial "Iran History Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736.".
- catalog spatial "Iran Religion.".
- catalog spatial "Iran.".
- catalog subject "297.820955 21".
- catalog subject "BP192.7.I68 A32 2004".
- catalog subject "Shīʻah Iran.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Sufi regalia and lagel banners : the Safavids and the emigré Arab jurists -- 2. The Mujtahids navigate the souvereign's world -- 3. Shah 'Abbas and imperial reign as clerical discipline, 1587-1629CE -- 4. Safavid mistrust, popular interest and rationalist's retreat -- 5. The rediscovery of traditions and the shifting normative.".
- catalog title "Converting Persia : religion and power in the Safavid Empire / Rula Jurdi Abisaab.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".