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Shi'i Clerics in Iraq and Iran, 1722-1780

Author	Juan Cole
Title of item	Shi'i Clerics in Iraq and Iran, 1722-1780
Subtitle of item	The Akhbari-Usuli Conflict Reconsidered
Volume	18:1
Pages	3-34
Parent publication	Iranian Studies
Date of this edition	1985 Winter
Language	English
Permission	author
Posted	2017-08-28 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.org/cole_clerics_iraq_iran
Abstract	A debate which came to shape Shi'i jurisprudence, between those who believed that only the Imams should be the source of law, vs. those who held that rational study of scripture could yield worthy principles. (No mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í faiths.)
Notes	Purchase online at tandfonline.com. On the Akhbaris and Usulis, see also Introduction to Shi'i Islam p. 117 and Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i on the Sources of Religious Authority.
Tags	Akbari (Shiite school); Islam; Jurisprudence; Shaykhism; Shiism; Usuli (Shiite school)
Locations	Iraq; Iran (documents)
Page views	2830 hits since 2017-08-28
Last edited	2017-09-01 07:31 EDT. See previous versions [archive.org].

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