Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq
Subtitle: The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala' (Cambridge Middle East Studies)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 2, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780521892964
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Islam; World history; c 1800 to c 1900; Islam - Shi'ism; History; History - General History; History: World; Iraq; Islam - Shi'a; Middle East - General; History / Middle East; Religion : Islam - Shi'a; Sh??i??ah--Iraq--Najaf--History Sh??i??ah--Ir; Shåi°ah--Iraq--Najaf--History
First sentence: The communities of learning that evolved in the shrine cities during the nineteenth century were the product of centuries of Muslim tradition, as far as the mode of teaching and the centrality of patronage as a social bond were concerned.