TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moazzen, Maryam
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018//
TI  - Formation of a religious landscape: Shiʿi higher learning in Safavid Iran
T3  - Islamic history and civilization volume 151
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden
KW  - Madrasahs
KW  - Iran
KW  - History
KW  - Islamic religious education
KW  - Shiites
KW  - Education
KW  - Islamic education
AB  - In 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
SN  - 9789004355293
LA  - English
N1  - by Maryam Moazzen
ID  - 1011522616
ER  -