An edition of The messiah of Shiraz: studies in early and middle Babism
(2008)
The messiah of Shiraz
studies in early and middle Babism
by Denis MacEoin
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The messiah of Shiraz: studies in early and middle Babism
2008, Brill
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Book Details
Table of Contents
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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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