RESURRECTION AND RENEWAL. THE MAKING OF THE BABI MOVEMENT IN IRAN, 1844-1850 [HARDBACK]

AMANAT, A.

ISBN 10: 0801420989 / ISBN 13: 9780801420986

Published by CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, ITHACA, NY, 1989

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AMANAT, A.: RESURRECTION AND RENEWAL. THE MAKING OF THE BABI MOVEMENT IN IRAN, 1844-1850 [HARDBACK]. ITHACA, NY, 1989, 528 p. , 0 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (OI-2-7) 0 gr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RESURRECTION AND RENEWAL. THE MAKING OF THE BABI MOVEMENT IN IRAN, 1844-1850 [HARDBACK]
• Publisher: CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS, ITHACA, NY
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801420989
• ISBN 13: 9780801420986
• Binding: Tapa dura
• Edition: 1ª edición.
• Condition: New
• Book Type: Libro
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

"[Resurrection and Renewal] reflects extensive research by the author in the numerous Babi and Baha'i manuscript histories. From these he has succeeded in extracting much useful information and presenting it in an interesting and informative manner."--The Middle East Journal

In historical writing of rare power, Abbas Amanat conveys the elation and terror that attend the birth of a new religious faith. Amanat here tells the story of the emergence of Babism, the forerunner of the Baha'i religion, in the mid-nineteenth century; its rapid spread into various sectors of Iranian society; and its fatal confrontation with the clerical establishment and the Qajar state.

About the Author

Dr. Abbas Amanat is a professor and the Chair of the Council on Middle East Studies at Yale University. He received his B.A. from Tehran University in 1971 and D.Phil. from Oxford University in 1981. His publications also include Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah and the Iranian Monarchy, 1831-1896 (1997) .