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BL
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854377
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| Main Entry
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Anzali, Ata
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| Title & Author
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Mysticism in Iran : : the Safavid roots of a modern concept /\ Ata Anzali.
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| Publication Statement
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Columbia, South Carolina :: University of South Carolina Press,, [2017]
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| Series Statement
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Studies in Comparative Religion
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1611178088
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: 9781611178081
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9781611178074
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: the question of ʻirfan in contemporary Iran -- ʻIrfan in the pre-Safavid period -- The Safavid opposition to sufism -- The sufi response -- The invention of ʻirfan -- The institutionalization of ʻirfan -- Modernization of ʻirfan -- Epilogue: ʻirfan as mysticism?
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| Abstract
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An original study of the transformation of Safavid Persia from a majority Sunni country to a Twelver Shi'i realm.
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Mysticism-- Islam-- Iran-- History.
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Mysticism-- Islam.
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RELIGION-- Islam-- General.
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RELIGION-- Islam-- Sufi.
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Iran.
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| Dewey Classification
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297.40955
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| LC Classification
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BP188.8.I7A59 2017
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