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001 2007004839
003 DLC
005 20070323110504.0
008 070201s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007004839
020 $a9780415356732 (hardback : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $aa-ir---
050 00 $aBP330$b.B337 2007
082 00 $a297.9/30955$222
245 04 $aThe Baha'is of Iran :$bsocio-historical studies /$cDominic Parviz Brookshaw and Seena B. Fazel.
260 $aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2007.
263 $a0707
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aRoutledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Foreword / Dominic Parviz Brookshaw and Seena Fazel -- 2. Messianic expectation and evolving identities: the conversion of Iranian Jews to the Baha'i Faith / Mehrdad Amanat -- 3. The conversion of Zoroastrians to the Baha'i faith / Fereydun Vahman -- 4. Instructive encouragement: the tablets of Baha'ullah and 'Abdu'l-Baha to Baha'i women in Iran and India / Dominic Parviz Brookshaw -- 5. Baha'i schools in Iran / Moojan Momen -- 6. Baha'i health initiatives in Iran: a preliminary survey / Seena Fazel and Minou Foadi -- 7. Baha'i discourses on the Constitutional Revolution / Kavian Milani -- 8. The comparative dimension of the Baha'i case and prospects for change in the future / Eliz Sanasarian -- 9. The historical roots of the persecution of Babis and Baha'is in Iran / Abbas Amanat -- -- 10. Anti-baha'ism and islamism in Iran / Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi -- 11. Anatomy of prejudice: reflections on secular anti-Baha'ism in Iran / Houchang E. Chehabi -- -- The discourse and practice of human rights violations of Iranian Baha'is in The Islamic Republic of iran / Reza Afshari.
650 0 $aBahais$zIran.
651 0 $aIran$xReligion.
650 0 $aBahais$xPersecutions$zIran.
650 0 $aBahai Faith$xRelations.
700 1 $aBrookshaw, Dominic Parviz.
700 1 $aFazel, Seena.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007004839.html