Gleave brings together studies by experts in the area of religion in nineteenth-century Iran in order to present new insights into Qajar religion, political and cultural history. Key topics covered include the relationship between religion and the state, the importance of archival materials for the study of religion, the developments of Qajar religious thought, the position of religious minorities in Qajar Iran, the relationship between religion and Qajar culture, and the centrality of Shi'ite hierarchy and the state.
Author(s): Robert Gleave
Edition: 1
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 496
BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF TITLE......Page 2
SERIES TITLE......Page 3
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 9
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 13
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION,DATES, NAMES AND ABBREVIATIONS......Page 15
1. RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN QAJAR IRAN: AN INTRODUCTION......Page 16
2. POLITICAL ETHIC AND PUBLIC LAW IN THE EARLY QAJAR PERIOD......Page 36
3. JIHADAND THE RELIGIOUS LEGITIMACY OF THE EARLY QAJAR STATE......Page 56
4. FROM DAR AL-SALTANA-YI ISFAHAN TO DAR AL-KHILAFA-YI THRAN: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE SAFAVID MODEL OF STATE-RELIGIOUS ADMINISTRATION DURING THE QUJARS (1795-1895/1209-1313)......Page 86
5. RELIGIOUS AND STATE JURISDICTION DURING NASIR AL-DIN SHAH’S REIGN......Page 99
6. BEING (WUJUD) AND SANCTITY (WILAYA): TWO POLES OF INTELLECTUAL AND MYSTICAL ENQUIRY IN QAJAR IRAN......Page 128
7. ORTHODOXY AND HETERODOXY IN TWELVER SHIISM AHAMAD AL-AHSAI ON FAYD KASHANI (THE RISALAT AL-TLMIYYA) FOR NORMAN CALDER......Page 142
8. ANTI-AKHBARI SENTIMENTS AMONG THE QAJAR ULAMA: THE CASE OF MUHAMMAD BAQIR AL-KHWANSARI (D.1313/1895)......Page 170
9. HETERODOX INTELLECTUALS OF THE IRANIAN CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION......Page 189
10. RELIGION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE: THE CASE OF YAGHMA-YI JANDAQI (1781-1859)......Page 210
11. PIOUS MERCHANTS: RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS IN WILLS AND TESTAMENTS......Page 226
12. THE VAQF AND THE RELIGIOUS PATRONAGE OF MANUCHIHR KHAN MUTAMAD AL-DAWLAH......Page 242
13. MUJTAHIDS AND MISSIONARIES: SHII RESPONSES TO CHRISTIAN POLEMICS IN THE EARLY QAJAR PERIOD......Page 262
14. THE WESTERN MISSIONARIES IN AZERBAIJANI SOCIETY (1835-1914)......Page 285
15. JEWS OF IRAN IN THE QAJAR PERIOD: PERSECUTION AND PERSEVERANCE......Page 308
16. THE EVOLUTION OFCHARISMATIC AUTHORITY IN THE BAHAI FAITH (1863-1921)......Page 326
17. THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE IRANIAN BAHAI COMMUNITY DURING THE QAJAR PERIOD......Page 361
18. RELIGIOUS RITUALS, SOCIAL IDENTITIES AND POLITICAL RELATIONSHIPS IN TEHRAN UNDER QAJAR RULE, 1850s-1920s......Page 388
19. THE EXILE PERSIAN PRESS AND THE PRO-CONSTITUTIONALIST ULAMA OF THE ATABAT......Page 408
20. RELIGION AND MEDICINE IN QAJAR IRAN......Page 416
21. SOME INTERPRETATIONS OF RELIGIOUS AND POPULAR CULTURE IN QAJAR TILEWORK......Page 444
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 464
INDEX......Page 489
