Baqer Moin

Khomeini

Life of the Ayatollah

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

When the Ayatollah Khomeini burst onto the international scene in the late 1970s, radical Islam became a factor of political life that would change the world. And with the Iranian Revolution that Khomeini led in 1978/79, religion once more moved centre stage in world politics. This is a biography of the Iranian leader.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 136mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 444g
• ISBN-13: 9781845117900
• ISBN-10: 1845117905
• Artikelnr.: 26066585

Autorenporträt

Baqer Moin is a specialist on Iran and Islam and was for many years Head of the BBC's Persian Service. He has written extensively on Islam, Iran and Afghanistan.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface The Orphan: Childhood in Khomein In the Seminary: Student Years in
Qom In Search of Perfection: Taking Refuge in Mysticism The Formation of a
Politician: Reza Shah and After Challenging His Majesty Khomeini and the
Shah in Conflict The Leader: Khomeini and the 1963 Uprising Arrest and
Imprisonment The Emergence of a Political Ayatollah In the Den of the
Snakes: Exile in Turkey and Iraq Waiting in the Wings: Iran Prepares for
Revolution Khomeini in Paris: The End of an Empire Revolution: The Return
of the Imam The Ruler: Creating an Islamic Republic The Warrior and his
Theocracy: Khomeini Defies the World The Rise of the Phoenix: Khomeini's
Last Months Khomeini's End: Death of a Patriarch Notes Select Bibliography
Index