Ritual Cursing in Iran

Ritual Cursing in Iran Theology, Politics and the Public in Safavid Persia - International Library of Iranian Studies

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Publisher's Synopsis

Ritualized cursing had long been a part of popular culture in medieval and early modern Iran. When the Safavids seized power in 1501 and imposed Shi'i Islam as the established faith of the country, they appropriated the practice in the service of the stat

Book information

ISBN: 9781848852921
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Pub date:
DEWEY: 297.20955
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: 304 .
Weight: -1g
Height: 216mm
Width: 134mm
Spine width: 1mm