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ISFAHAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY
Sajjad H. Rizvi
term coined to describe a philosophical and mystical movement patronized by the court of Shah ʿAbbās I (r. 1588-1629), centered in the new Safavid capital of Isfahan.
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ISFAHAN viii. QAJAR PERIOD
Heidi Walcher
The historical changes affecting the Isfahan of this period included loss of its status as the royal capital and its transformation into a major provincial city.
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ISIDORUS OF CHARAX
Rüdiger Schmitt
author of the Stathmoì Parthikoí (in Latin Mansiones Parthicae) “Parthian Stations,” which is the only Greek text preserved at all of the genre of the itinerary or route description.
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IŠKATA
Rüdiger Schmitt
in the Avesta the name of a mountain and of the land (situated in the Hindu Kush region) which is dominated by this mountain.
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ISLAM AKHUN
Ursula Sims-Williams
(Eslām-āḵūn), treasure-seeker and swindler active in Khotan and neighboring areas between 1894 and 1901, best known, however, as an adept forger of manuscripts and block prints. He was eventually unmasked by Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943) in 1901.
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ISLAM IN IRAN i - iv
Multiple Authors
The following series of articles provide an overview of some historical, contemporary, and especially political aspects of the topic that are of special interest and relevance in the world today.
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ISLAM IN IRAN v. MESSIANIC ISLAM IN IRAN
Abbas Amanat
Messianism is one of the most powerful, diverse and enduring expressions of Islam in Iran throughout its long history.
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ISLAM IN IRAN vi. THE CONCEPT OF MAHDI IN SUNNI ISLAM
Said Amir Arjomand
The Savior is a descendant of the Prophet whose expected return to rule the world will restore justice, peace, and true religion.
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ISLAM IN IRAN vii. THE CONCEPT OF MAHDI IN TWELVER SHIʿISM
Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Mahdism in Twelver Shiʿism inherited many of its elements from previous religious trends.
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ISLAM IN IRAN viii. THE OCCULTATION OF MAHDI
cross-reference
See ḠAYBA.