Shi'a of Samarra : The Heritage and Politics of a Community in Iraq.
Title:
Shi'a of Samarra : The Heritage and Politics of a Community in Iraq.
Author:
Panjwani, Imranali.
ISBN:
9780857721457
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (291 pages)
Series:
Library of Modern Middle East Studies ; v.111
Library of Modern Middle East Studies
Contents:
CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- FOREWORD -- Charles R. H. Tripp -- Introduction: Contextualising the Spiritual and Intellectual Heritage of the Samarran Shi'i Imams -- Imranali Panjwani -- PART I. HISTORY OF THE SHRINE AND CITY IN SAMARRA -- 1. Samarra: Shi'i Heritage and Culture -- Sajad Jiyad -- 2. The Shrine in its Historical Context -- Alastair Northedge -- 3. Rebuilding al-Askariyyain Shrine -- Usam Ghaidan -- PART II. THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF RELIGIOUS AND SCHOLARLY FIGURES IN SAMARRA'S HISTORY -- 4. The Political Turmoil Facing Imam Ali al-Hadi and Imam Hasan Al-Askari -- Sayyid Qamar Abbas -- 5. The Development of Shi'i Scholarship Before and after Mirza Shirazi and his Intellectual Legacy in Samarra -- Sayyid Fadhil Bahrululoom -- 6. Amili Perspectives of the Hawzas of Samarra and Najaf: Sharaf al-Din and Muhsin al-Amin -- Pascal Missak Abidor -- PART III. SAMARRA IN WIDER IRAQI DISCOURSE: SECTARIANISM, POLITICS AND CITIZENSHIP -- 7. Sectarianism in Recent Iraqi History: What it is and What it Isn't -- Peter Sluglett -- 8. Sectarian Coexistence in Iraq: The Experiences of the Shi'a in Areas North of Baghdad -- Reidar Visser -- 9. Citizenship and Identity: A Case Study of Shi'i Muslims in Samarra and Wider Iraq -- Amal Imad -- Appendix -- Section 1. Excerpts of Written Lessons of Mirza Shirazi -- Mawla Ali Ruzodari -- Section 2. Ziyarah of the 10th, 11th and 12th Shi'i Imams -- Section 3. An experience of a pilgrim: visiting the Samarra Shrine -- Sayyid Qamar Abbas -- Contributors -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
On 22 February 2006, the main dome of the al-Askariyya shrine in Samarra was blown up. In the aftermath, sectarian strife between Shi'i and Sunni communities in Iraq and the wider region resonated around the world. The assault on Samarra, which was built in the period of the Abbasid caliphate in the ninth century CE, therefore came to represent for many a symbol of the destructive civil conflict which engulfed Iraq following the 2003 US-led invasion. The Shi'a of Samarra explores and analyses the cultural, architectural and political heritage of the Shi'a in both Samarra and the Middle East, thus highlighting how this city functions as a microcosm for the contentious issues and debates which remain at the forefront of efforts to rebuild the modern Iraqi state. Its examination of the socio-political context of the Shi'a/Sunni divide provides important insights for students and researchers working on the history and politics of Iraq and the Middle East, as well as those interested in the art and architecture of the Islamic world._x000D_ _x000D_ 'The authors and compiler of this volume are to be thanked for placing Samarra in its true historical focus, bringing an appreciation of the ways in which the city and its monuments resonated through the history of the region.' - Charles R. H. Tripp, Professor of Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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