The Bab and the Babi Community of Iran
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- Hardcover
480 pages
- Release Date
5 November 2020
Summary
In 1844, a young merchant from Shiraz called Sayyid ‘Ali-Muhammad declared himself the ‘gate’ (the Bab) to the Truth and, shortly afterwards, the initiator of a new prophetic cycle. His messianic call attracted a significant following across Iran and Iraq.
Regarded as a threat by state and religious authorities, the Babis were subject to intense persecution and the Bab himself was executed in 1850.
In this volume, leading scholars of Islam, Baha’i studies and Iranian history c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786079565 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1786079569 |
| Author: | Fereydun Vahman |
| Publisher: | Oneworld Publications |
| Imprint: | Oneworld Academic |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 704g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 39mm |
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About The Author
Fereydun Vahman
Fereydun Vahman is Professor Emeritus at Copenhagen University and former Iranian Studies Fellow at Yale University. He has taught and researched old Iranian religions and languages for more than forty years, and has published many books, in several languages, including 175 Years of Persecution: A History of the Babis & Baha’is of Iran. He is the editor of the Religion and Society in Iran series, and co-founder and President of the Danish-Iranian Society.
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