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The Shi'is of Iraq / Yitzhak Nakash. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)1994.Description: xiv, 312 pages : map ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
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  • 0691034311
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  • DS70.8.S555 1994
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Contents:
Ch. 1. The Making of Iraqi Shii Society. Iraq the Frontier. The Shrine Cities. The Conversion of the Tribes to Shiism. The Nature of the Conversion Ch. 2. Years of Upheaval. The Impact of Two Revolutions. Muslim Unity and the Jihad Movement. The 1919 Plebiscite. The 1920 Revolt Ch. 3. Exercising Social Control. Containing the Mujtahids. Managing the Tribal Shaykhs. Baghdad and the Shrine Cities. The Blow to the Status of Persians. Human Dilemmas Ch. 4. The Search for Political Representation. Recognizing the State. The 1935 Revolt. The Bid for Power. The Radical Options Ch. 5. The Commemoration of 'Ashura'. The Nature of the Muharram Observances. The Mujtahids and the Muharram Observances. The State and 'Ashura' -- Ch. 6. Pilgrimage to the Shrine Cities and the Cult of the Saints. Foreign Pilgrimage. Internal Visitation Ch. 7. The Corpse Traffic. Development and Socioeconomic Functions. The Religious Creed versus the Social Order. The State and the Corpse Traffic.
Ch. 8. Shii Money and the Shrine Cities. The Building of an Economic Base. The Oudh Bequest. The Consequences of Dependency on Foreign Funds Ch. 9. The Shii Madrasa in Iraq. Features and Functions. Signs of Decline. A New Iraqi Shii Madrasa Epilogue: The Gulf War and its Aftermath Appendix 1 The Constitution of the Buraq Quarter of Najaf Appendix 2 Important Shii Shrines, Tombs, and Holy Sites in Iraq Appendix 3 Shii Holy Burial Sites.
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Ch. 1. The Making of Iraqi Shii Society. Iraq the Frontier. The Shrine Cities. The Conversion of the Tribes to Shiism. The Nature of the Conversion Ch. 2. Years of Upheaval. The Impact of Two Revolutions. Muslim Unity and the Jihad Movement. The 1919 Plebiscite. The 1920 Revolt Ch. 3. Exercising Social Control. Containing the Mujtahids. Managing the Tribal Shaykhs. Baghdad and the Shrine Cities. The Blow to the Status of Persians. Human Dilemmas Ch. 4. The Search for Political Representation. Recognizing the State. The 1935 Revolt. The Bid for Power. The Radical Options Ch. 5. The Commemoration of 'Ashura'. The Nature of the Muharram Observances. The Mujtahids and the Muharram Observances. The State and 'Ashura' -- Ch. 6. Pilgrimage to the Shrine Cities and the Cult of the Saints. Foreign Pilgrimage. Internal Visitation Ch. 7. The Corpse Traffic. Development and Socioeconomic Functions. The Religious Creed versus the Social Order. The State and the Corpse Traffic.

Ch. 8. Shii Money and the Shrine Cities. The Building of an Economic Base. The Oudh Bequest. The Consequences of Dependency on Foreign Funds Ch. 9. The Shii Madrasa in Iraq. Features and Functions. Signs of Decline. A New Iraqi Shii Madrasa Epilogue: The Gulf War and its Aftermath Appendix 1 The Constitution of the Buraq Quarter of Najaf Appendix 2 Important Shii Shrines, Tombs, and Holy Sites in Iraq Appendix 3 Shii Holy Burial Sites.

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