Twelver Shiism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722

Andrew J. Newman

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2013

Twelver Shiism

Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722

Andrew J. Newman

In the series The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748631902

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Charts the history and development of one of the most enduring branches of Shi'ism

As many as 40 different Shi`i groups existed in the 9th and 10th centuries yet only 3 forms have survived. Why is Twelver Shi`ism one of them?

As the established faith in modern Iran, the majority faith in Iraq and areas in the Gulf and with its adherents forming sizeable minorities elsewhere in the region, Twelver Shi'ism is arguably the most successful branch of Shi'ism. Andrew J. Newman chronicles the progression of Twelver Shiism, exploring the numerous external challenges and internal disagreements that marked the lives of believers in pockets across the Middle East to the early 18th century. During this time, from the 13th to the 15th century especially, with scholarly activity and the availability of earlier key texts of the faith limited, the region’s many millenarian doctrines and movements threatened its demise. Only by the late 17th century was Twelver Shiism’s survival assured, both in Iran and elsewhere in the region.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Shiism fragmented: the faith and the faithful from the seventh to the ninth century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
2 Bereft of a leader: the early traditionists and the beginnings of doctrine and practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
3 The challenge of ‘the Uncertainty’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4 Majority and minority: rationalism on the defensive in the later Buyid period Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
5 Betwixt and between: the Twelvers and the Turks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
6 The Mongol and Ilkhanid periods: the rise and limits of the school of al-Hilla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
7 The severest of challenges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
8 Shiism in the sixteenth century: the limits of power (and influence) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
9 The past rediscovered and the future assured: Shiism in the seventeenth century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Appendix I. Scholars by region: fifth–twelfth Islamic centuries/ eleventh–eighteenth centuries ad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
Appendix II. Manuscript copies of key Twelver Shii written works, sixth–thirteenth Islamic centuries/twelfth–nineteenth centuries ad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Appendix III. Selected Safawid period rijal works Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
Appendix IV. Shuruh/Hawashi of key Twelver works, sixth–twelfth Islamic centuries/twelfth–eighteenth centuries ad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 10 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Islamic Studies

eBook

Published: November 20, 2013
ISBN: 9780748631902