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Title: Resurrection and Renewal : The Making of the Babi Movement in Iran, 1844-1850
Description: Ithaca [NY], Cornell University Press, 1989. orig. cloth. 24x16cm, xvi,461 pp, A large rubberstamp to top page-edge.. Rubbed. Top page-edge stained. Good. ¶ Contents: Historical Backround: Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy: The Evolution of Learned Shi'ism; Prophets & Prophecies: Sufism & Popular Religion; The Formation of the Movement: The Merchant-Saint of Shiraz; Seeking the Secret Gate: The Emergence of the Movement; Expansion & Opposition: Facing the World: Declarations of Iraq & Hijaz; Letters of Light, Letters of Fire:The Babi 'Ulama & Their Adversaries; Qurrat al-'Ayn: The Remover of the Veil; The Shaping of the Community: Merchants, Artisans & Others; The Final Break; Epilogue.

Keywords: History of Religion, Babi Movement, Babism, Shi'ite Shi'a, Islam Islamic, Iran Central Asia, , ,

Price: US$ 65.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS017156I