shiites
By: by Heinz Halm ; translated from the German by Allison Brown.
Edition: 2nd ed., updated and enl.
Series: Princeton series on the Middle East
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781558764361
Subjects: Shīʻah -- History
Work titles: Schiitische Islam.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The house of sorrow; title: The twelve imams; title: The commander of the faithful: Alī ibn Abī Tālib (656-661); title: The abdication of al-Hasan (661); title: The tragedy of Karbalā (680); title: The origins of Shi'i religious tradition: the campaign of the "penitents" (684); title: Withdrawal from politics: the sixth imam, Ja'far as-Sādiq (702-765); title: The deportation of the seventh imam (796); title: The eighth imam Alī Ar-Ridā as heir apparent (816); title: The shrine of Qom; title: The imams in Samarra (836-873); title: The occultation of the twelfth imam (873); title: The fourteen infallible ones; title: The return of the Mahdī; title: The deluge of weeping; title: Flagellant procession and passion play; title: The origins of the ʻAshūrā ritual; title: European reports from the time of the Safavid dynasty (1501-1722); title: The elegy; title: The ten days of Muharram; title: The passion play; title: Chest beaters and flagellants; title: The government of the expert; title: The Islam of the mullahs; title: The representative of the hidden imam; title: The imam's money: the "fifth"; title: Participation in the government (tenth to eleventh centuries); title: The foundation of Shi'i law: the "four books"; title: The new center: al-Hilla (thirteenth to fourteenth centuries); title: The basis of the authority of the mullahs: the principle of ijtihād; title: The emergence of the Shi'i clergy (sixteenth century); title: Monarchy and clergy as rivals (seventeenth century); title: Usūlīs and akhbārīs: rationalists and traditionalists (seventeenth and eighteenth centuries); title: Secular and spiritual arm (nineteenth century); title: Marja' at-taqlīd: the source of imitation; title: The revolutionary Shi'a; title: The struggle against westernization; title: The rise of Qom; title: Shi'i revolutionary ideology; title: Khomeinī and the "government of the expert"; title: The leader of the revolution; title: Illustrating ijtihād using the example of birth control; title: The successor to the Rahbar; title: The Shi'ites as a party in the Middle East conflicts; title: Shi'ites outside of Iran; title: Azerbaijan; title: Lebanon; title: India and Pakistan; title: Iraq; title: Future outlook; title: Twelver Shi'i population in Islamic countries; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.