Roots of North Indian Shi'ism in Iran and Iraq: Religion and State in Awadh, 1722-1859 by Juan R.I. Cole

Roots of North Indian Shi'ism in Iran and Iraq: Religion and State in Awadh, 1722-1859

Juan R.I. Cole

352 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

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In this pioneering study of the Twelver Shi'i branch of Islam prevalent in Iraq and Iran, J. R. I. Cole traces the influence of Shi'i rule on the development of religious communalism and conflict in the North Indian State of Awadh (Oudh). He also ...

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