Of mullas, manuscripts and migration: Aspects of Twelver Shi`i community life in the 18th century

Andrew Newman

Of mullas, manuscripts and migration: Aspects of Twelver Shi`i community life in the 18th century

School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

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This chapter considers the general historiographical position, and questions the traditional take on it by assessing whether the picture of decline and collapse can be consistent with the significance of different trends of thought among the clerical community in Iran in the 18th century, as indicated by the relative popularity of significant texts, demonstrated by the numbers of those texts in manuscript collections.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Crisis, Collapse, Militarism and Civil War
Subtitle of host publication	The History and Historiography of 18th Century Iran
Editors	Michael Axworthy
Chapter	7
Publication status	Published - 19 Jul 2018

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Twelver Shi‘ism
Safavid
ulama
Usulism
Akhbarism
tabaqat

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