Mystics, Monarchs, and Messiahs: Cultural Landscapes of Early Modern Iran

by Kathryn Babayan

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Focusing on idealists and visionaries who believed that Justice could reign in our world, this book explores the desire to experience utopia on earth.

Reluctant to await another existence--another form, or eternal life following death and resurrection--individuals with ghuluww, or exaggeration, emerged at the advent of Islam, expecting to attain the apocalyptic horizon of Truth. In their minds, Muhammad's prophecy represented one...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0932885284

ISBN13:9780932885289

Release Date:September 2003

Publisher:Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard

Length:270 Pages

Weight:1.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"

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History Religion Religion & Spirituality

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