Converting Persia: Religion and Power in the Safavid Empire (International Library of Iranian Studies)

by RulaAbisaab (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $201.16

  Under the Safavids (1501-1736 CE), Persia adopted Shi'ism as its official religion. Rula Abisaab explains how and why this specific brand of Shi'ism - urban and legally-based - was brought to the region by leading Arab 'Ulama from Ottoman Syria, and changed the face of the region till this day.