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Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran

Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran

Moazzen, Maryam

Hardcover

IslamGeneral Asian HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 9004355294
ISBN13: 9789004355293
Publisher: Brill
Published: Nov 16 2017
Pages: 290
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
In Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi'i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi'i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the second half of Safavid rule (1588-1722). By analyzing the deeds of endowment of the Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī and other mosque-madrasas built by the Safavid elite, this study sheds light on the organizing mechanisms and structures utilized by such educational foundations. Based on the large number of ijazās and other primary sources including waqfiyyas, biographical dictionaries and autobiographies, this study also reconstructs the Safavid madrasas' curriculum and describes the pedagogical methods used to transmit religious knowledge as well as issues that faced Shi'i higher learning in early modern times.

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