Record Nr.

UNINA9910154726603321

Autore

Tsadik Daniel <1969-2023, >

Titolo

Between Foreigners and Shi‘is : Nineteenth-Century Iran and its Jewish Minority / / Daniel Tsadik

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Stanford, CA : , : Stanford University Press, , [2020]
©2007

ISBN

0-8047-7948-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 295 p. ) : map ;

Collana

Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C

Disciplina

305.892/405509034

Soggetti

Jews - Iran - History - 19th century

Islam - Relations - Judaism

Judaism - Relations - Islam

Iran History Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925

Iran Ethnic relations History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Transliteration and Style -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Shi´i Legal Attitudes Toward the Jews -- Two. "Justice and Kindness" (1848-1866) -- Three. Vacillating Steps Toward Change (1866-1873) -- Four. Fragile and Erratic Amelioration (1874-1883) -- Five. Reassertion of the Dhimmah (1884-1896) -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Based on archival and primary sources in Persian, Hebrew, Judeo-Persian, Arabic, and European languages, Between Foreigners and Shi'is examines the Jews' religious, social, and political status in nineteenth-century Iran. This book, which focuses on Nasir al-Din Shah's reign (1848-1896), is the first comprehensive scholarly attempt to weave all these threads into a single tapestry. This case study of the Jewish minority illuminates broader processes pertaining to other religious minorities and Iranian society in general, and the interaction among intervening foreigners, the Shi'i majority, and local Jews helps us understand Iranian dilemmas that have persisted well beyond the second half of the nineteenth century.