Formation of a Religious Landscape : Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran

Maryam Moazzen

ISBN 10: 9004355294 / ISBN 13: 9789004355293

Published by Koninklijke Brill BV Nov 2017, 2017

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Neuware - In Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi'i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the second half of Safavid rule (1588-1722). By analyzing the deeds of endowment of the Madrasa-yi Sult?a ni and other mosque-madrasas built by the Safavid elite, this study sheds light on the organizing mechanisms and structures utilized by such educational foundations. Based on the large number of ijaza s and other primary sources including waqfiyyas, biographical dictionaries and autobiographies, this study also reconstructs the Safavid madrasas' curriculum and describes the pedagogical methods used to transmit religious knowledge as well as issues that faced Shi'i higher learning in early modern times.

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• Title: Formation of a Religious Landscape : Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran
• Publisher: Koninklijke Brill BV Nov 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004355294
• ISBN 13: 9789004355293
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 155H x 19D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 603 grams

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Synopsis

In Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi‘i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi‘i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the second half of Safavid rule (1588-1722). By analyzing the deeds of endowment of the Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī and other mosque-madrasas built by the Safavid elite, this study sheds light on the organizing mechanisms and structures utilized by such educational foundations. Based on the large number of ijazās and other primary sources including waqfiyyas, biographical dictionaries and autobiographies, this study also reconstructs the Safavid madrasas’ curriculum and describes the pedagogical methods used to transmit religious knowledge as well as issues that faced Shi‘i higher learning in early modern times.

About the Author

Maryam Moazzen, Ph.D. (2011), University of Toronto and Ph.D. University of Tehran (1999), is Assistant Professor in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Louisville. She has published several book chapters and articles in Iranian Studies and Studia Iranica.