Edinburgh historical studies of Iran and the Persian world
Contents
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Transliteration -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Contexts and Issues -- 3 Race and Religion in Gobineau's Persia -- 4 Ernest Renan's Search for a Religion of Modernity -- 5 Edward Granville Browne and the Writing of Babi Narratives -- 6 Empire and Orient: Baha'is in Russian Transcaspia and Palestine -- 7 Orientalism and Modernity in Baha'i and Ahmadi writings -- 8 Muslim Responses and a Future for Mahdi Movements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Geoffrey Nash explores the emergence of the revolutionary Babis and reformist Baha'is and their conflict with mainstream Shi'a Muslims in Iran, and of the parallel Ahmadi movement in North India. Comparing these movements shows that, together, they define important aspects of Islamic modernity
