Converting persia: religion and power in the safavid empire
Auteur :
Abisaab, Rula
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9781780767789
Date de publication :
2 sept. 2015
Dimensions :
23,2 x 15,4 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
400 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Under the Safavids (1501-1736 CE), Persia adopted Shi'ism as its official religion. The author explains how and why this specific brand of Shi'ism - urban and legally-based - was brought to the region by leading Arab 'Ulama from Ottoman Syria, and changed the face of the region till this day.