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"Abbas Amanat"

1. British influence in Persia in the 19th century, by Abbas Amanat, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, Volume 11 (2003). Includes various mentions of the Bábí context. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
2. Constitutional Revolution: Intellectual Background, by Abbas Amanat, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, 6 (1992). Brief excerpts, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
3. Constitutional Revolution (Iran): Intellectual Background, by Abbas Amanat, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, Volume 6 (1993). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
4. Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity 1884-1914, by Taj al-Saltana (1993). Passing references to the Babis in Amanat's introduction to, and in the autobiography of, Nasir al-Din's daughter. Book excerpts. [about]
5. Dawlatábádí, Sayyed Yahyá, by Abbas Amanat, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, Volume 7 (1996). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
6. Early Years of the Babi Movement, The: Background and Development, by Abbas Amanat (1981). Details of the rise of the Bábí religion, 1844-1847: military and social climate of Iran, millenarianism, the family of The Báb, conflicts within early Shaykhism, and shifts in The Báb's proclamation. Theses. [about]
7. Etemad-al-Dawla, Aqa Khan Nuri, by Abbas Amanat, in Encyclopaedia Iranica (1998). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
8. Historiography: Qajar Period and Babi and Bahá'í works, by Abbas Amanat, in Encyclopaedia Iranica, Volume 12 (2004). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite. Encyclopedia articles. [about]
9. Persian Bayan and the Shaping of the Babi Renewal, The, by Abbas Amanat, in Religious Texts in Iranian Languages, ed. Fereydoun Vahman and Claus V. Pedersen (2007). On the Bábí Faith as a product of the religious environment of Shi'i Iran, including its esoteric culture and apocalyptic vision; the Bayán as a form of discourse; and how the Bayán marked a break with Islam. Published Articles. [about]
10. Resurgence of Apocalyptic in Modern Islam, by Abbas Amanat, in The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism, vol. III: Apocalypticism in the Modern Period and the Contemporary Age (2000). Shi'i Mahdism, beliefs on the end of time, and overview of the rise of the Bábí Faith. Book excerpts. [about]

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