Title: Converting Persia: religion and power in the Safavid Empire
Abstract: Acknowledgments. Maps: 1. Safavid Persia, 1501-1722 2. Jabal 'Amil (South Lebanon)in the Modern Period. Introduction. 1. Sufi Regalia and Legal Banners: The Safavids and the Emigre Arab Jurists The Sovereign and Religious 'Authenticity' Domestic Contests: The Persian Aristocracy, the Qizilbash and the 'Amili Jurists 'Inventing' Shi'ism: Al-Karaki (d. 940 AH/1533 CE)as a Court Jurist Friday Prayer: Tailoring Shi'ism to Statehood From Marginality to Privilege 'Orthodoxy': Ostracizing Sufis and Storytellers Instruments of Conversion: Public Cursing Translating and Transporting the Word of Law Afterthoughts. 2. The Mujtahids Navigate the Sovereign's World: Husayn b.'Abd al-Samad (d. 984 AH/1576 CE)at the Court of Shah Tahmasb in Qazvin Aims of a Polemic Supreme and False Mujtahids To Remedy the Shah from Mania: Ritual Purity and Friday Prayer Conversion and Consent in Herat 'Normalizing' Sunnism?? The Cleric Against the King Replacing the King Afterthoughts Summary and Conclusions. 3. Shah 'Abbas and Imperial Reign as Clerical Discipline, 1587-1629 CE: The 'Knighted' Jurists and the Restructuring of the State To Benefit the Learned and the Lay: Shi'ite Books under Shah 'Abbas Afflicted by the Company of Kings: 'The Baha'i is who I am, and great is my worth!' Imperial Uses of Clerical Shi'ism Navigating Clerical Dissent Mir Damad (d. 1041 AH/1631-2 CE): The Cleric as Philosopher The Making of the World Inside and Outside Time Human Freedom, Certitude and the Shari'a Shah 'Abbas and the Muslim-Christian Polemics of Ahmad 'Alavi Lutfullah al-Maysi (d. 1032 AH/1622-3 CE)in Isfahan Mistrust of Shah 'Abbas: Lutfullah's Mosque and the Guildsmen of the Old Meydan Summary and Conclusions. 4. Safavid Mistrust, Popular Protest and the Rationalists' Retreat: Social Forces from Below Once Upon a Time, an 'Amili The Clerics' Resources The New Ornament in the Crown: Khalifa Sultan The Penniless 'Amili Pilgrim and the Glory that Was New Contenders in the Vizierate Ranks Akhbarism: the Challenge to Interpretive Rationalism When Perfectly Able Arabs Fall Prey to Akhbarism Dissent and the Politics of Friday Prayer The Malaise of the Healer: Jurists on the Defensive The Sufis Within and the 'Essential' Arabic Conclusion. 5. The Rediscovery of Traditions and the Shifting Normative: Instability and Social Disorder An Imperial Command on Friday Prayer Muhammad Baqir Majlisi, the Rationalist-Traditionist Court Cleric Imamhood and Eschatology in Lieu of a De-empowered State At a Cushion's Distance From the Shah: Muhammad Al-Hurr al-'Amili (d. 1104 AH/1692 CE On Public Reference to the Mahdi On Tobacco The Duel Over Political Custody: Jurists and Sufis Summary and Conclusions Conclusion. Appendices: I. The 'Amili 'Ulama of Safavid Iran, 1501-1736 CE II. Posts and Activities of the Emigre 'Amili 'Ulama III. The Intellectual Production of the Emigre 'Amili 'Ulama. Notes Bibliography Index .
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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