The messiah of Shiraz
Subtitle: studies in early and middle Babism
By: by Denis Martin MacEoin.
Series: Iran studies -- volume 3
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004170353
Subjects: Babism -- History; Shaykhī -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface to 1979 thesis; title: Preface to the published edition; title: Acknowledgements; title: List of abbreviations; title: Glossary; title: Epigraph; title: Part 1: From Shaykhism to Babism, a study in charismatic renewal in Shi'i Islam: Introduction; title: 1. The religious background; title: 2. Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa; title: 3. Sayyid Karim Rashti; title: 4. From Shaykhism to Babism; title: 5. Some aspects of early Babi doctrine; title: 6. The Babi da'wa among the Shaykhis and the break with Shaykhism; title: Part 2: Reflections on Shaykhism and Babism: Changes in charismatic authority in Qajar Shi'ism; title: Early Shaykhi reactions to the Bab and his claims; title: Events in Karbala after the death of Sayyid Kazim; title: Claims to leadership of the Shaykhi school; title: Karim Khan Kirbani; title: Circumstances preceding the Bab's claim; title: The Bab at Karbala; title: The Bab's earliest claim; title: The impact of the Bab's claim in Karbala; title: Mulla Javad Vilyani; title: Karim Khan's response to the Bab's claim; title: Karim Khan's statements about the Bab; title: The doctrine of the fourth support; title: Hierarchy, authority and eschatology in early Babi thought; title: Early theophanic and quasi-theophanic claims to authority; title: Later claims of divinity; title: The Babi hierarchical system; title: Long-term eschatological expectations; title: Short-term eschatological expectations; title: Divisions and authority claims in Babism (1850-1866); title: The question of succession; title: Divisions and authority claims in Babism; title: The zuhurat of the post-1850 period; title: The episode of Dayyan; title: Baha' Allah's rise to ascendancy; title: The claim to Husayniyyat; title: The widening of Baha' Allah's claims; title: Conclusion; title: Trial of the Bab: Shi'ite orthodoxy confronts its mirror image; title: The trial of Sayyid 'Ali Muhammad Shirazi; title: The sources; title: The questions; title: The answers.