Format:
XXXVII, 738 S.
ISBN:
9789004170353
Series Statement:
Iran studies 3
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Foreword -- Preface to 1979 thesis -- Preface to the published edition -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Glossary -- Epigraph -- Part 1: From Shaykhism to Babism, a study in charismatic renewal in Shi'i Islam: Introduction -- 1. The religious background -- 2. Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa -- 3. Sayyid Karim Rashti -- 4. From Shaykhism to Babism -- 5. Some aspects of early Babi doctrine -- 6. The Babi da'wa among the Shaykhis and the break with Shaykhism -- Part 2: Reflections on Shaykhism and Babism: Changes in charismatic authority in Qajar Shi'ism -- Early Shaykhi reactions to the Bab and his claims -- Events in Karbala after the death of Sayyid Kazim -- Claims to leadership of the Shaykhi school -- Karim Khan Kirbani -- Circumstances preceding the Bab's claim -- The Bab at Karbala -- The Bab's earliest claim -- The impact of the Bab's claim in Karbala -- Mulla Javad Vilyani -- Karim Khan's response to the Bab's claim -- Karim Khan's statements about the Bab -- The doctrine of the fourth support -- Hierarchy, authority and eschatology in early Babi thought -- Early theophanic and quasi-theophanic claims to authority -- Later claims of divinity -- The Babi hierarchical system -- Long-term eschatological expectations -- Short-term eschatological expectations -- Divisions and authority claims in Babism (1850-1866) -- The question of succession -- Divisions and authority claims in Babism -- The zuhurat of the post-1850 period -- The episode of Dayyan -- Baha' Allah's rise to ascendancy -- The claim to Husayniyyat -- The widening of Baha' Allah's claims -- Conclusion -- Trial of the Bab: Shi'ite orthodoxy confronts its mirror image -- The trial of Sayyid 'Ali Muhammad Shirazi -- The sources -- The questions -- The answers.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Babismus
;
Aufsatzsammlung
