Shi'Ites: a Short History

Name: Shi'Ites: a Short History
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ISBN: 9781558764378

ISBN-10: 1558764372

ISBN-13: 9781558764378

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Heinz Halm, Allison Brown

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Combining history, comparative religion, and political interpretations, Heinz Halm elucidates Shi'ism and political developments in the Middle East for the uninformed reader. The author highlights three main aspects of Shi'a Islam: its historical development, especially the history of the Imans; the rituals, including flagellation and passion plays; and the rules of the mullahs, known as the "government of experts." Halm explains the exalted position of the religious scholars, the mullahs and ayatollahs, who established themselves as clergy in the Safavid Empire and defined themselves as the administrators" of the Hidden Iman. The relationship between the rulers of Iran and the mullahs has…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 210
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English