Yitzhak Nakash

The Shi'is of Iraq

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Produktbeschreibung

The Shi'is of Iraq provides a comprehensive history of Iraq's majority group and its turbulent relations with the ruling Sunni minority. Yitzhak Nakash challenges the widely held belief that Shi'i society and politics in Iraq are a reflection of Iranian Shi'ism, pointing to the strong Arab attributes of Iraqi Shi'ism. He contends that behind the power struggle in Iraq between Arab Sunnis and Shi'is there exist two sectarian groups that are quite similar. The tension fueling the sectarian problem between Sunnis and Shi'is is political rather than ethnic or cultural, and it reflects the competition of the two groups over the right to rule and to define the meaning of nationalism in Iraq. A new introduction brings this book into the new century and illuminates the role that Shi`is could play in postwar Iraq.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9780691115757
• ISBN-10: 0691115753
• Artikelnr.: 21575411

Autorenporträt

Yitzhak Nakash teaches Middle Eastern history at Brandeis University. His publications on Iraq and Shi'i Islam have gained recognition in the United States and Europe as well as in the Arab world and in Iran. He is currently completing a new book focusing on Shi'ism and nationalism in the Arab world.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
A Note on Transliteration
Abbreviations
Introduction
3
Ch. 1
The Making of Iraqi Shii Society
13
Iraq the Frontier
14
The Shrine Cities
18
The Conversion of the Tribes to Shiism
25
The Nature of the Conversion
43
Ch. 2
Years of Upheaval
49
The Impact of Two Revolutions
50
Muslim Unity and the Jihad Movement
55
The 1919 Plebiscite
61
The 1920 Revolt
66
Ch. 3
Exercising Social Control
75
Containing the Mujtahids
75
Managing the Tribal Shaykhs
88
Baghdad and the Shrine Cities
94
The Blow to the Status of Persians
100
Human Dilemmas
105
Ch. 4
The Search for Political Representation
109
Recognizing the State
109
The 1935 Revolt
120
The Bid for Power
125
The Radical Options
132
Ch. 5
The Commemoration of 'Ashura'
141
The Nature of the Muharram Observances
142
The Mujtahids and the Muharram Observances
154
The State and 'Ashura'
157
Ch. 6
Pilgrimage to the Shrine Cities and the Cult of the Saints
163
Foreign Pilgrimage
164
Internal Visitation
173
Ch. 7
The Corpse Traffic
184
Development and Socioeconomic Functions
185
The Religious Creed versus the Social Order
192
The State and the Corpse Traffic
197
Ch. 8
Shii Money and the Shrine Cities
205
The Building of an Economic Base
206
The Oudh Bequest
211
The Consequences of Dependency on Foreign Funds
229
Ch. 9
The Shii Madrasa in Iraq
238
Features and Functions
241
Signs of Decline
247
A New Iraqi Shii Madrasa
262
Conclusion
269
Epilogue: The Gulf War and its Aftermath
273
Appendix 1 The Constitution of the Buraq Quarter of Najaf
283
Appendix 2 Important Shii Shrines, Tombs, and Holy Sites in Iraq
285
Appendix 3 Shii Holy Burial Sites
287
Bibliography
289
Index
303