{"product_id":"formation-of-a-religious-landscape-shi-i-higher-learning-in-safavid-iran-9789004355293","title":"Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi‘i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi‘i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi‘i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the second half of Safavid rule (1588-1722). By analyzing the deeds of endowment of the Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī and other mosque-madrasas built by the Safavid elite, this study sheds light on the organizing mechanisms and structures utilized by such educational foundations. Based on the large number of ijazās and other primary sources including waqfiyyas, biographical dictionaries and autobiographies, this study also reconstructs the Safavid madrasas’ curriculum and describes the pedagogical methods used to transmit religious knowledge as well as issues that faced Shi‘i higher learning in early modern times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a work of considerable scholarship. It is based on many primary sources, for instance, \"biographical dictionaries, autobiographies, ijāzas, deeds of endowment (waqfiyyas), chronicles and historical sources, European travelers’ accounts, anthologies and polemics written by Safavid ʿulamā, administrative accounts and chancery literature, and works written by Safavid ʿulamaʾ” (p. 24). All are supported by a notable command of the secondary literature in the field. The outcome is a book that, for the first time, tells us how Safavid madrasas worked, and what and how they taught. It is a considerable achievement.\" - Francis Robinson, Royal Holloway, University of London, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society 139\/3 (2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Acknowledgements  Note on Transliteration and Style    Introduction   Imperializing Twelver Shiʿism and Its Impact on Shiʿi Higher Learning   The Reaction of the Sunni ʿUlamāʾ   Madrasas and the Consolidation of Shiʿism in Persia   The Permissibility of Collaborating with Temporal Power   Shiʿi Higher Learning in Safavid Iran    1 Mosque-Madrasas of Safavid Isfahan   Pre-Safavid Mosque-Madrasas   Safavid Mosques and Madrasas   After ʿAbbās the Great   The Largest Shiʿi Madrasa   Conclusion    2 The Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī: Waqfs, Administrative Structure, and Academic Life   Shāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn’s Objectives in Establishing the Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī   The Deeds of Endowment of the Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī   Analysis of the Endowed Properties   The Administrative Structure of the Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī  Conclusion    3 Reshaping Shiʿa Cultural Memory: Commemorative Rituals and Constructing Identity   Contextualizing Cultural Memory   Safavid Madrasas and Commemorating Cultural Memory   The Instructional Values of Commemorative Rituals   Madrasas and Social Coherence  Reconfiguring Cultural Memory  Conclusion    4 The Safavid Curriculum: Conflicting Visions, Contested Triumphs   Safavid Scholars and the Concept of Knowledge (ʿilm)   Towards Reconstructing the Curriculum of the Safavid Madrasas   The Uṣūlīs and the Curriculum   The Curriculum of the Madrasas of Safavid Isfahan   Akhbarism and Its Impact on the Safavid Curriculum   The Curriculum of Safavid Madrasas during the Reign of Shāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn   Conclusion    5 Engagement with Religious Knowledge: Dialogical and Hermeneutical Modes of Transmission   Safavid Pedagogy: Legal Rationalization or Authentic Knowledge   Teaching and Learning Methods  The Place of Texts in Learning and Etiquette Pertinent to Writing and Shelving Books   Teachers and Learning   The Language of Instruction   Travel in Pursuit of Knowledge   Studying and Marriage  Graduation  Conclusion    6 Safavid Pedagogical Approaches: Theories, Application, and Practices   Mullā Ṣadrā and the Problem of Conventional (rasmī) Learning   Muḥsin Fayḍ Kāshānī and Epistemic Certitude  Muḥaqqiq Sabzawārī’s Review of Safavid Higher Learning  Muḥammad Zamān Tabrīzī’s Observations   Conclusion    Conclusion    Appendix  Bibliography  Index of Places Index of Subjects and Terms Index of Persons","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210740195671,"sku":"9789004355293","price":129.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/formation-of-a-religious-landscape-shi-i-higher-learning-in-safavid-iran-9789004355293","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}