The messiah of Shiraz : studies in early and middle Babism /
The 19th century saw an enormous shift in the authority structure of Iranian and Iraqi Twelver Shiʿism, with the victory of a theological school (Usulism) that stressed the power of the clergy. This is well known. What is less well known is that there was a parallel development of authority in the S...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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Iran Studies
3.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004223042.
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Call Number: BP340 .M328 2009
| Summary: | The 19th century saw an enormous shift in the authority structure of Iranian and Iraqi Twelver Shiʿism, with the victory of a theological school (Usulism) that stressed the power of the clergy. This is well known. What is less well known is that there was a parallel development of authority in the Shaykhi school and its offshoot, the Babi sect. Here, especially in later forms of Babism, the Shiʿite claim to charismatic authority reached its limits in hyperbolic attestations of divinity. The present text is in two parts: a study of how Shaykhism bifurcated into a form close to orthodoxy next to the highly unorthodox Babi movement. Part two examines how Babism changed after the death in 1850 of its founder, the Bāb. |
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| Item Description: | Based on author's 1979 thesis. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [705]-732) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047443070 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |