The Shi'a of Samarra : the heritage and politics of a community in Iraq /: the heritage and politics of a community in Iraq. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Imranali Panjwani ; with a foreword by Charles R.H. Tripp.
• Other Names: Panjwani, Imranali; Tripp, Charles
• Contents: ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD -- Charles R.H. Tripp; Introduction: Contextualising the Spiritual and Intellectual Heritage of the Samarran Shi'i Imams -- Imranali Panjwani; PART I. HISTORY OF THE SHRINE AND CITY IN SAMARRA; 1. Samarra: Shi'i Heritage and Culture -- Sajad Jiyad; 2. The Shrine in its Historical Context -- Alastair Northedge; 3. Rebuilding al-Askariyyain Shrine -- Usam Ghaidan; PART II. THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF RELIGIOUS AND SCHOLARLY FIGURES IN SAMARRA'S HISTORY; 4. The Political Turmoil Facing Imam Ali al-Hadi and Imam Hasan Al-Askari -- Sayyid Qamar Abbas. 5. The Development of Shi'i Scholarship Before and after Mirza Shirazi and his Intellectual Legacy in Samarra -- Sayyid Fadhil Bahrululoom6. Amili Perspectives of the Hawzas of Samarra and Najaf: Sharaf al-Din and Muhsin al-Amin -- Pascal Missak Abidor; PART III. SAMARRA IN WIDER IRAQI DISCOURSE: SECTARIANISM, POLITICS AND CITIZENSHIP; 7. Sectarianism in Recent Iraqi History: What it is and What it Isn't -- Peter Sluglett; 8. Sectarian Coexistence in Iraq: The Experiences of the Shi'a in Areas North of Baghdad -- Reidar Visser. 9. Citizenship and Identity: A Case Study of Shi'i Muslims in Samarra and Wider Iraq -- Amal ImadAppendix; Section 1. Excerpts of Written Lessons of Mirza Shirazi -- Mawla Ali Ruzodari; Section 2. Ziyarah of the 10th, 11th and 12th Shi'i Imams; Section 3. An experience of a pilgrim: visiting the Samarra Shrine -- Sayyid Qamar Abbas; Contributors; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 273 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 956.7; Shiites -- Iraq -- Sāmarrāʼ -- History; Shīʻah -- Political aspects -- Iraq -- Sāmarrāʼ; History; HISTORY -- Middle East -- General; Sāmarrāʾ (Iraq) -- Religious life and customs; Sāmarrāʾ (Iraq) -- History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857721457; 0857721453
• Related ISBNs: 1848857799; 9781848857797
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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