The Sources For Early Bābī Doctrine And History

Author : MacEoin
Publisher : BRILL
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Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004451391

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The Sources for Early Bābī Doctrine and History by MacEoin Pdf

The religious movement known as Bābism profoundly affected Iranian society during the 1840s. After a lengthy hiatus, academic study of the sect has entered a new phase with the appearance of several important books, articles, and theses. The present work surveys Persian and Arabic manuscripts relating to the history and doctrines of the sect. Part one examines the writings of the Bāb and his followers. Part two analyses primary and secondary sources for Bābī history, with a discussion of the controversial Kitāb-i Nuqṭat al-kāf. Discussion of each title is followed by a comprehensive listing of known MS copies. An appendix contains an index of first lines and titles for works of the Bāb. This is the first study to examine the large corpus of Bābī writing and will help scholars identify texts and find manuscripts in Europe and the Middle East.

Author : Denis MacEoin,Jānī (Hājī, Mīrzā, Kāshānī.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
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Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:56008718

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A Critical Survey of the Sources of Early Bābī Doctrine and History with Particular Regard to the Problems of Authenticity, Especially in the Case of the Nuq.tatuʼl-Kāf (of Hājī Mīrzā Jānī) by Denis MacEoin,Jānī (Hājī, Mīrzā, Kāshānī.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 439 pages
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Release : 2013-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004262805

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Unity in Diversity by Anonim Pdf

What are the mechanisms of change and adaptation in Islam, regarded as a living organism, and how do they work? How did these mechanisms preserve the integrity of Muslim civilization through the innumerable hazards, divisions and devastations of time? From the perspective of history and intellectual history, this book focuses on a significant, though still largely under studied, aspect of this immense issue, namely, the role of mystical and messianic ferment in the construction and re-construction of religious authority in Islam. Sixteen scholars address this topic with a variety of approaches, providing a fresh outlook on the trends underlying the evolution of Muslim societies and, in particular, the emergence and consolidation of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal Empires. Contributors include: Abbas Amanat, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Paul Ballanfat, Shahzad Bashir, Ilker Evrim Binbaş, Daniel De Smet, Devin DeWeese, Armin Eschraghi, Omid Ghaemmaghami, Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Todd Lawson, Pierre Lory, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov, A. Azfar Moin, William F. Tucker.

Author : Oliver Scharbrodt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
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Release : 2008-04-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135975678

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Islam and the Baha'i Faith by Oliver Scharbrodt Pdf

Muhammad ‘Abduh (1849-1905) was one of the key thinkers and reformers of modern Islam who has influenced both liberal and fundamentalist Muslims today. ‘Abdul-Baha (1844-1921) was the son of Baha’ullah (1817-1892), the founder of the Baha’i Faith; a new religion which began as a messianic movement in Shii Islam, before it departed from Islam. Oliver Scharbrodt offers an innovative and radically new perspective on the lives of these two major religious reformers in 19th century Middle East by placing both figures into unfamiliar terrain. While one would classify ‘Abdul-Baha, leader of a messianic movement which claims to depart from Islam, as an exponent of heresy in Islam, ‘Abduh is perceived as an orthodox Sunni reformer. This book, however, argues against the assumption that both represent two extremely opposite expressions of Islamic religiosity. It shows that both were influenced by similar intellectual and religious traditions of Islam and that both participated in the same discussions on the reform of Islam in the 19th century. Islam and the Baha'i Faith provides new insights into the Islamic background of the Baha’i Faith and into ‘Abduh’s own association with so-called heretical movements in Islam.

Author : Denis MacEoin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 781 pages
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Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004170353

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The Messiah of Shiraz by Denis MacEoin Pdf

Based throughout on original Persian and Arabic sources, most in manuscript, this is an exhaustive overview of Babi history and doctrine. Alongside Amanat's "Resurrection and Renewal," this distillation of a lifetime's work on the movement brings Babi studies into the twentieth century.

Author : Georges Tamer,Andrew Mein,Lutz Greisiger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1084 pages
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Release : 2023-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110720235

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Gog and Magog by Georges Tamer,Andrew Mein,Lutz Greisiger Pdf

Author : Moshe Sharon
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 344 pages
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Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047405573

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Studies in Modern Religions, Religious Movements and the Bābī-Bahā'ī Faiths by Moshe Sharon Pdf

Twelve comprehensive studies dedicated to messianism, millenniarism and eschatological thought in Judaism Christianity and Islam that underlies the birth of Hassidism, “Mormonism” and the Bahā’ī Faith introduced by the editor’s study of the underlying common source of this religious activity.

Author : Garry W. Trompf,Gunner B. Mikkelsen,Jay Johnston
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 716 pages
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Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317201847

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The Gnostic World by Garry W. Trompf,Gunner B. Mikkelsen,Jay Johnston Pdf

The Gnostic World is an outstanding guide to Gnosticism, written by a distinguished international team of experts to explore Gnostic movements from the distant past until today. These themes are examined across sixty-seven chapters in a variety of contexts, from the ancient pre-Christian to the contemporary. The volume considers the intersection of Gnosticism with Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Indic practices and beliefs, and also with new religious movements, such as Theosophy, Scientology, Western Sufism, and the Nation of Islam. This comprehensive handbook will be an invaluable resource for religious studies students, scholars, and researchers of Gnostic doctrine and history.

Author : Mohammad Ali Kazembeyki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
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Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136858871

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Society, Politics and Economics in Mazandaran, Iran 1848-1914 by Mohammad Ali Kazembeyki Pdf

This book is the first major study of provincial history in the Qajar period. Drawing extensively on unpublished Iranian and British documents, it explores the history of Mazandaran, a province in the Caspian region, during 1848-1914, when the province as a part of Iran was exposed to the policies of rival great powers, particularly Tzarist Russia. While showing socio-economic characteristics of Mazandaran and its potential for development, the book examines in detail the transformation of the traditional provincial community and economy in the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Author : Werner Ende,Rainer Brunner
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 420 pages
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Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004492035

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The Twelver Shia in Modern Times by Werner Ende,Rainer Brunner Pdf

This volume - grown out of an international conference at Freiburg University in 1999 - deals with various aspects of Shiite Islam since the 18th century. It is divided into two major parts, the first of which is dedicated to traditional institutions of theology and learning and their transformation in modern times. The second part treats internal debates and the activities of Shiite dissidents, showing that Shiism is far from being uniform. Ideological and political developments in the 20th century and especially the Islamic Revolution in Iran have shaped the image of modern Shiism more than any other tendencies and are therefore also discussed in greater detail in Parts three and four. This book reflects the state of the art in this field of Islamic studies, its 21 contributions covering three centuries and a vast geographical range.

Author : Anne Sofie Roald,Anh Nga Longva
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004216846

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Religious Minorities in the Middle East by Anne Sofie Roald,Anh Nga Longva Pdf

Focusing on the situation of both Muslim and non-Muslim religious minorities in the Middle East, this volume offers an analysis of various strategies of resilience and accommodation from a historical as well a contemporary perspective.

Author : Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780857719652

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The Spirituality of Shi'i Islam by Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi Pdf

The second largest branch of Islam, with between 130 and 190 million adherents across the globe, Shi'i Islam is becoming an increasingly significant force in contemporary politics, especially in the Middle East. This makes an informed understanding of its fundamental spiritual beliefs and practices both necessary and timely. Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi is one of the most distinguished scholars of Shi'i history and theology, and in this volume he offers a wide-ranging and engaging survey of the core texts of Shi'i Islam. Examining in turn the origins and later developments of Shi'i spirituality, the author reveals the profoundly esoteric nature of the beliefs which accrued to the figures of the early Imams, and which became associated with their interaction between the material and spiritual worlds. Many of these beliefs have remained much misunderstood even within the wider Muslim world. Furthermore, Western scholarship has tended to follow the lead of the earlier orientalists and critics, viewing Shi'i teachings as marginal. In this study the author shows, by contrast, how central and creative the very nature of spirituality was to the development of Shi'i Islam, as well as to classical Muslim civilisation as a whole. In this comprehensive treatment, the esoteric nature of Shi'i spirituality emerges as an essential phenomenon for understanding Shi'i Islam.

Author : Simon Wolfgang Fuchs
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781469649801

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In a Pure Muslim Land by Simon Wolfgang Fuchs Pdf

Centering Pakistan in a story of transnational Islam stretching from South Asia to the Middle East, Simon Wolfgang Fuchs offers the first in-depth ethnographic history of the intellectual production of Shi'is and their religious competitors in this "Land of the Pure." The notion of Pakistan as the pinnacle of modern global Muslim aspiration forms a crucial component of this story. It has empowered Shi'is, who form about twenty percent of the country's population, to advance alternative conceptions of their religious hierarchy while claiming the support of towering grand ayatollahs in Iran and Iraq. Fuchs shows how popular Pakistani preachers and scholars have boldly tapped into the esoteric potential of Shi'ism, occupying a creative and at times disruptive role as brokers, translators, and self-confident pioneers of contemporary Islamic thought. They have indigenized the Iranian Revolution and formulated their own ideas for fulfilling the original promise of Pakistan. Challenging typical views of Pakistan as a mere Shi'i backwater, Fuchs argues that its complex religious landscape represents how a local, South Asian Islam may open up space for new intellectual contributions to global Islam. Yet religious ideology has also turned Pakistan into a deadly battlefield: sectarian groups since the 1980s have been bent on excluding Shi'is as harmful to their own vision of an exemplary Islamic state.

Author : Fereydun Vahman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781786079572

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The Bab and the Babi Community of Iran by Fereydun Vahman Pdf

In 1844, a young merchant from Shiraz called Sayyid ‘Ali-Muhammad declared himself the ‘gate’ (the Bab) to the Truth and, shortly afterwards, the initiator of a new prophetic cycle. His messianic call attracted a significant following across Iran and Iraq. Regarded as a threat by state and religious authorities, the Babis were subject to intense persecution and the Bab himself was executed in 1850. In this volume, leading scholars of Islam, Baha’i studies and Iranian history come together to examine the life and legacy of the Bab, from his childhood to the founding of the Baha’i faith and beyond. Among other subjects, they cover the Bab’s writings, his Qur’an commentaries, the societal conditions that underlay the Babi upheavals, the works of Babi martyr Tahirih Qurratu’l-‘Ayn, and Orientalist Edward Granville Browne’s encounters with Babi and Baha’i texts.

Author : Shahzad Bashir
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1570034958

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Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions by Shahzad Bashir Pdf

Messianic Hopes and Mystical Visions tells the story of the Nurbakhshiya, an Islamic messianic movement that originated in fifteenth-century central Asia and Iran and survives to the present in Pakistan and India. In the first full-length study of the sect, Shahzad Bashir illumines the significance of messianism as an Islamic religious paradigm and illustrates its centrality to any discussion of Islamic sectarianism. By tracing Nurbakhshi activity in the Middle East and central and southern Asia through more than five centuries, Bashir brings to view the continuities and disruptions within Islamic civilization across regions and over time. Bashir effectively captures the way Nurbakhshis have understood and debated the meaning of their tradition in various geographical and temporal contexts. Bashir provides a detailed biography of the movement's founder, Muhammad Nurbakhsh (d. 1464). Born to a Twelver Shi'i family, Nurbakhsh declared himself the mahdi, or the Muslim messiah, as an adept of the Kubravi Sufi order under the influence of the teachings of the great Sufi master Ibn al-'Arabi (d. 1240). Nurbakhsh's religious worldview, which Bashir treats in depth in this volume, offers a