Religious institutions in 19th-century Tehran: shariʿa law in a city in transition
<p>The Nāṣirī period (5 September 1848 CE to 1 May 1896 CE) was a period of massive social transition embedded in the pretext of the Iranian modernization process. The rapid multidimensional developments of Iranian society turned it into a unique time frame for applying an institutional approa...
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| author | Nasrollahi, R |
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| description | <p>The Nāṣirī period (5 September 1848 CE to 1 May 1896 CE) was a period of massive social transition embedded in the pretext of the Iranian modernization process. The rapid multidimensional developments of Iranian society turned it into a unique time frame for applying an institutional approach to socio-historical research. By concentrating on the continuity and change of the Shiʿi religious institutions (RIs) in Iranian society, this research investigates how social groups and institutions facilitated changes in RIs. The research chooses a set of RIs which have had a unique status in the Iranian society: waqf, mosque, takyih, madrasa, and imāmzādih.</p>
<p>The main question of this thesis is: How and under what influences did the RIs change in the Nāṣirī period? This question rises several secondary questions: How did Shiʿi shariʿa law regulate continuity and change of RIs? What sort of changes occurred in RIs in Tehran during this period? Which factors facilitated the changes?</p>
<p>Changes in RIs are subject to considerable restrictions and limitations rooted in Shiʿi shariʿa law and popular religious culture. However, cadastral surveys, censuses, maps, and historical accounts produced in the Qajar period reveal clear evidence of considerable changes in RIs, in terms of both quality and quantity. This thesis documents those changes and proposes explanations for some of the indigenous and exogenous factors that facilitated them at the individual, institutional, and environmental levels.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:754e022a-5aa2-4242-9d8c-41e9549daee22023-12-18T07:37:11ZReligious institutions in 19th-century Tehran: shariʿa law in a city in transitionThesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:754e022a-5aa2-4242-9d8c-41e9549daee2Social change--Religious aspects--IslamEnglishHyrax Deposit2022Nasrollahi, RHerzig, E<p>The Nāṣirī period (5 September 1848 CE to 1 May 1896 CE) was a period of massive social transition embedded in the pretext of the Iranian modernization process. The rapid multidimensional developments of Iranian society turned it into a unique time frame for applying an institutional approach to socio-historical research. By concentrating on the continuity and change of the Shiʿi religious institutions (RIs) in Iranian society, this research investigates how social groups and institutions facilitated changes in RIs. The research chooses a set of RIs which have had a unique status in the Iranian society: waqf, mosque, takyih, madrasa, and imāmzādih.</p> <p>The main question of this thesis is: How and under what influences did the RIs change in the Nāṣirī period? This question rises several secondary questions: How did Shiʿi shariʿa law regulate continuity and change of RIs? What sort of changes occurred in RIs in Tehran during this period? Which factors facilitated the changes?</p> <p>Changes in RIs are subject to considerable restrictions and limitations rooted in Shiʿi shariʿa law and popular religious culture. However, cadastral surveys, censuses, maps, and historical accounts produced in the Qajar period reveal clear evidence of considerable changes in RIs, in terms of both quality and quantity. This thesis documents those changes and proposes explanations for some of the indigenous and exogenous factors that facilitated them at the individual, institutional, and environmental levels.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Social change--Religious aspects--Islam Nasrollahi, R Religious institutions in 19th-century Tehran: shariʿa law in a city in transition |
| title | Religious institutions in 19th-century Tehran: shariʿa law in a city in transition |
| title_full | Religious institutions in 19th-century Tehran: shariʿa law in a city in transition |
| title_fullStr | Religious institutions in 19th-century Tehran: shariʿa law in a city in transition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Religious institutions in 19th-century Tehran: shariʿa law in a city in transition |
| title_short | Religious institutions in 19th-century Tehran: shariʿa law in a city in transition |
| title_sort | religious institutions in 19th century tehran shariʿa law in a city in transition |
| topic | Social change--Religious aspects--Islam |
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