LEADER 03503oam 2200553I 450 001 9910162822003321 005 20230810001828.0 010 $a1-315-40388-9 010 $a1-315-40390-0 010 $a1-315-40389-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315403908 035 $a(CKB)3710000001033096 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4790105 035 $a(OCoLC)970042391 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001033096 100 $a20180706d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe true dream $eindictment of the Shiite clerics of Isfahan, an English translation with facing Persian text /$fSeyyed Jame?l-al-Din We?'ez, Malek-al-Motakallemin, Sheykh Ahmad Kerme?ni ; edited by Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab and Senn McGlin 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (149 pages) 225 1 $aIranian Studies 311 $a0-367-88522-0 311 $a1-138-22372-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Translation of The true dream. 330 $aThe True Dream is a Persian satirical drama set in Isfahan in the lead up to Iran's Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911. Although its three authors hail from the clerical class, they criticize the arrogance, corruption and secularity of the Iranian ruling dynasty and clergy, taking Isfahan as their example. The work blends fact and fiction by summoning the prominent men of the city to account for themselves on the Day of Judgment. God speaks offstage, delivering withering judgements of their behaviour. The dream of the authors is a vision of an Iran governed by law, where justice prevails and the clergy are honestly religious. This book has the Persian and English translation on facing pages. The introduction presents brief biographies of the authors - who wrote anonymously, but were all executed. One of the authors was the father of Mohammad-Ali Jama?lze?deh, a pioneer of modern Persian fiction, and The True Dream was one of the first dramas, in European style, to be written in Persian. The book shows that today's struggle for a modern society began more than a century ago, and then and now pivots on the role of the Islamic clerics (the ulama). Using colloquial language, this first English translation of a significant and humorous Persian satirical drama will prove an accessible and valuable resource for students of Persian. By marking a significant point in the influence of Western political philosophy and Western drama on the Persian intellectual classes, this book will also appeal to students and scholars of Middle Eastern History and Political Science. 410 0$aIranian studies (London, England) 606 $aPersian drama$vTranslations into English 606 $aPersian literature$vTranslations into English 607 $aIran$xHistory$yQajar dynasty, 1794-1925 607 $aIran$xHistory$y1905-1911 615 0$aPersian drama 615 0$aPersian literature 676 $a891/.5523 700 $aWe?'ez$b Seyyed Jame?l-al-Din.$0997384 701 $aMalek-al-Motakallemin$0997385 701 $aKerme?ni$b Sheykh Ahmad$0997386 701 $aMcGlinn$b Sen$066374 701 $aSeyed-Gohrab$b A. A$g(Ali Asghar),$f1968-$0863649 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162822003321 996 $aThe true dream$92287473 997 $aUNINA