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 . This only steeled the regime to keep up the pressure on the ulema . About two months later the Waqf Organisation's Methods and Policy Committee sent a secret memorandum to Premier Hoveida outlining a strategy for dividing the ...
... ulema . This only steeled the regime to keep up the pressure on the ulema . About two months later the Waqf Organisation's Methods and Policy Committee sent a secret memorandum to Premier Hoveida outlining a strategy for dividing the ...
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