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'Indian Money' and the Shi'i Shrine Cities of Iraq, 1786-1850

 
AuthorJuan Cole
 
Title of item
'Indian Money' and the Shi'i Shrine Cities of Iraq, 1786-1850
 
Volume
22:4
 
Pages
461-480
Parent publication   Middle Eastern Studies
Date of this edition 1986-10
LanguageEnglish
Permission author
Posted 2022-07-05 by Jonah Winters
Classified in Published Articles
URLbahai-library.com/cole_indian_money_iraq
Abstract On the political economy of the Shi'i shrine cities of Iraq, theological and pilgrimage centers which grew around the tombs of the Imams, in the 18th and 19th centuries. Connections from India proved lucrative for the Usuli clerics in these cities.
Notes Contains only one passing mention of the Bábí Faith.
Tags Economics; Indo-Persian culture; Shiism
Locations Najaf; Karbala; Kazimayn; Iraq; India
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