[PDF.06lx] Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala' (Cambridge Middle East Studies)

Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala' (Cambridge Middle East Studies)

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 | #5223963 in Books |  Cambridge University Press |  2002-05-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.98 x.63 x5.98l,.91 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Deep, valuable research|By Kirk H Sowell|If you have a strong interest in either Iraqi history or Shia Islam, then I strongly recommend this book. The research is top notch and the writing is good, if dense, as this is an academic work. If you are looking for a broad overview of issues related to contemporary Shi'ism and Shia clerics, then alternative works I suggest include Va| |"Litvak has made an important and original contribution to our understanding of nineteenth-century Iraqi Shi'ism, and alo to the relations of the shrine cities with both Istanbul and Tehran...I learned a great deal from this balanced, nuanced, and carefully ar

The shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in nineteenth-century Ottoman Iraq were the most important Shi'i centers of learning. In the first in-depth study of the period, Meir Litvak explores the social and political dynamics of these communities and the historical development of Shi'i leadership. In this context, the book not only contributes to the historical debates, but also more broadly to an understanding of modern Shi'ism. It will appeal to historians of the Middle E...

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