Religion and Society in Qajar Iran (Routledgecurzon Bips Persian Studies)

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. In Recent Years There Has Been Increasing Interest In The Study Of Qajar Iran, Particularly With Respect To Religion During This Period. With Contributions From Leading Researchers In The Field Of Religion In Nineteenth-century Iran, This Book Presents New Insights Into Qajar Religious, Political And Cultural History. Religion And Society In Qajar Iran Brings Together Important Studies In One Place For The First Time To Provide A Collection That Will Appeal To Students, Scholars And Researchers Of The History Of Islam, Iran And The Middle East.--jacket. Religion And Society In Qajar Iran / Robert Gleave -- Political Ethic And Public Laaw In The Early Qajar Period / Saïd Amir Arjomand -- Jihād And The Religious Legitimacy Of The Early Qajar State / Robert Gleave -- From Dār Al-saltana-yi Isfahān To Dār Al-khilāfa-yi Tihrān : Continuity And Change In The Safavid Model Of State-religious Administration During The Qajars (1795-1895/1209-1313) / Mansur Sefatgol -- Religious And State Jurisdiction During Nāsir Al-dīn Shāh's Reign / Irene Schneider -- Being (wujud And Sanctity (wilāya) : Two Poles Of Intellectual And Mystical Enquiry In Qajar Iran / Sajjad Rizvi -- Orthodoxy And Heterodoxy In Twelver Shi'ism : Ahmad Al-ahsā'ī On Fayd Kāshānī (the Risālat Al-'ilmiyya) / Todd Lawson -- Anti-akhbārī Sentiments Among The Qajar 'ulamā : The Case Of Muhammad Bāqir Al-khwānsārī (d. 1313/1895) / Andrew J. Newman -- Heterodox Intellectuals Of The Iranian Constitutional Revolution / Sohrab Yazdani --^ Religion In Public And Private Life : The Case Of Yaghmā-yi Jandaqī (1781-1859) / Roxane Haag-higuchi -- Pious Merchants : Religious Sentiments In Wills And Testaments / Christoph Werner -- The Vaqf And The Religious Patronage Of Manūchihr Khān Mu'tamad Al-dawlah / Nobuaki Kondo -- Mujtahids And Missionaries : Shī'ī Responses To Christian Polemics In The Early Qajar Period / Abbas Amanat -- The Western Missionaries In Azerbaijani Society (1835-1914) / Florence Hellot -- Jews Of Iran In The Qajar Period : Persecution And Perseverance / Haideh Sahim -- The Evolution Of Charismatic Authority In The Bahā'ī Faith (1863-1921) / Juan R.i. Cole -- The Role Of Women In The Iranian Bahā'ī Community During The Qajar Period / Moojan Momen -- Religious Rituals, Social Identites, And Political Relationships In Tehran Under Qajar Rule, 1850s-1920s / Kamran Aghaie -- The Exile Persian Press And The Pro-constitutionalist Ulamā Of The Atabāt / Pardis Minuchehr --^ Religion And Medicine In Qajar Iran / Hormoz Ebrahimnejad -- Some Interpretations Of Religious And Popular Culture In Qajar Tilework / Jennifer Scarce. Edited By Robert Gleave. Proceedings Of The Conference Held On 4-6 September 2000 In Bristol And Jointly Organised By Bristol University (department Of Theology And Religious Studies), The British Institute Of Persian Studies, The Iran Heritage Foundation, The Foreign And Commonwealth Office And The University Of Bristol Faculty Of Arts. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 449-473) And Index. Religion and society in Qajar Iran / Robert Gleave -- Political ethic and public laaw in the early Qajar period / Saïd Amir Arjomand -- Jihād and the religious legitimacy of the early Qajar state / Robert Gleave -- From Dār al-Saltana-yi Isfahān to Dār al-khilāfa-yi Tihrān : continuity and change in the Safavid model of state-religious administration during the Qajars (1795-1895/1209-1313) / Mansur Sefatgol -- Religious and state jurisdiction during Nāsir al-Dīn Shāh's reign / Irene Schneider -- Being (wujud and sanctity (wilāya) : two poles of intellectual and mystical enquiry in Qajar Iran / Sajjad Rizvi -- Orthodoxy and heterodoxy in Twelver Shi'ism : Ahmad al-Ahsā'ī on Fayd Kāshānī (the Risālat al-'Ilmiyya) / Todd Lawson -- Anti-Akhbārī sentiments among the Qajar 'Ulamā : the case of Muhammad Bāqir al-Khwānsārī (d. 1313/1895) / Andrew J. Newman -- Heterodox intellectuals of the Iranian constitutional revolution / Sohrab Yazdani -- Religion in public and private life : the case of Yaghmā-yi Jandaqī (1781-1859) / Roxane Haag-Higuchi -- Pious merchants : religious sentiments in wills and testaments / Christoph Werner -- The Vaqf and the religious patronage of Manūchihr Khān Mu'tamad al-Dawlah / Nobuaki Kondo -- Mujtahids and missionaries : Shī'ī responses to Christian polemics in the early Qajar period / Abbas Amanat -- The Western missionaries in Azerbaijani society (1835-1914) / Florence Hellot -- Jews of Iran in the Qajar period : persecution and perseverance / Haideh Sahim -- The evolution of charismatic authority in the Bahā'ī faith (1863-1921) / Juan R.I. Cole -- The role of women in the Iranian Bahā'ī community during the Qajar period / Moojan Momen -- Religious rituals, social identites, and political relationships in Tehran under Qajar rule, 1850s-1920s / Kamran Aghaie -- The Exile Persian Press and the pro-constitutionalist "Ulamā" of the "Atabāt" / Pardis Minuchehr -- Religion and medicine in Qajar Iran / Hormoz Ebrahimnejad -- Some interpretations of religious and popular culture in Qajar tilework / Jennifer Scarce. - "In recent years there has been increasing interest in the study of Qajar Iran, particularly with respect to religion during this period. With contributions from leading researchers in the field of religion in nineteenth-century Iran, this book presents new insights into Qajar religious, political and cultural history." "Religion and Society in Qajar Iran brings together important studies in one place for the first time to provide a collection that will appeal to students, scholars and researchers of the history of Islam, Iran and the Middle East."--BOOK JACKET 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 E.G. Browne relates this story in his A Year amongst the Persians in orderto demonstrate the gross ignorance which sometimes characterises [amulls] decisions. The episode was related to Browne by one of his Bbassociates in Kerman, and the question was designed to expose this ignoranceof the clergy. 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