Iran Under the AyatollahsOutlines the Islamic heritage of the country, and the rise and fall of the Pahlavi dynasty. Describes the phases of the Islamic revolution and ends with the second parliamentary election in April-May 1984. |
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... ulema left Isfahan for Shia holy cities of Najaf and Karbala in Ottoman Iraq . Here the ulema became increasingly literalist , interested more in transmitting religious knowledge than in encouraging interpretative reasoning , ijtihad ...
... ulema left Isfahan for Shia holy cities of Najaf and Karbala in Ottoman Iraq . Here the ulema became increasingly literalist , interested more in transmitting religious knowledge than in encouraging interpretative reasoning , ijtihad ...
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... ulema to pressure Fath Ali Shah to declare jihad ( holy war or crusade ) against Russia in 1826. Iran lost the war and signed the Turkomanchai Treaty in 1828.5 The next year , angered by the aggressive behaviour of the Russian troops in ...
... ulema to pressure Fath Ali Shah to declare jihad ( holy war or crusade ) against Russia in 1826. Iran lost the war and signed the Turkomanchai Treaty in 1828.5 The next year , angered by the aggressive behaviour of the Russian troops in ...
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... ulema , however politically cowed the ulema were . . . . These classes associated " the way things should be " more with Islam than with the west . This was to have an important bearing on the rise of a revolutionary movement in the ...
... ulema , however politically cowed the ulema were . . . . These classes associated " the way things should be " more with Islam than with the west . This was to have an important bearing on the rise of a revolutionary movement in the ...
Contents
BEFORE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION | 7 |
The founding of the Islamic Republic | 103 |
The American hostage crisis | 136 |
Copyright | |
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