TY - BOOK AU - Gleave,R. TI - Religion and society in Qajar Iran T2 - RoutledgeCurzon/BIPS Persian studies series SN - 0203337379 AV - BP63.I68 R45 2005eb U1 - 200/.955/09034 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York PB - RoutledgeCurzon KW - Islam KW - Iran KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Islam and state KW - 1800- KW - Histoire KW - 19e siècle KW - Islam et État KW - RELIGION KW - bisacsh KW - TRAVEL KW - Special Interest KW - Religious KW - Qajar Dynasty (Iran) KW - fast KW - Religion KW - Qajar dynasty, 1794-1925 KW - 1794-1925 (Dynastie des Qādjārs) KW - Electronic books N1 - "Proceedings of the conference held on 4-6 September 2000 in Bristol and jointly organised by Bristol University (Department of Theology and Religious Studies), The British Institute of Persian Studies, The Iran Heritage Foundation, The Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the University of Bristol Faculty of Arts."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-473) and index; BOOK COVER; HALF TITLE; SERIES TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION, DATES, NAMES AND ABBREVIATIONS; 1. RELIGION AND SOCIETY IN QAJAR IRAN: AN INTRODUCTION; 2. POLITICAL ETHIC AND PUBLIC LAW IN THE EARLY QAJAR PERIOD; 3. JIHADAND THE RELIGIOUS LEGITIMACY OF THE EARLY QAJAR STATE; 4. FROM DAR AL-SALTANA-YI ISFAHAN TO DAR AL-KHILAFA-YI THRAN: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE SAFAVID MODEL OF STATE-RELIGIOUS ADMINISTRATION DURING THE QUJARS (1795-1895/1209-1313); 5. RELIGIOUS AND STATE JURISDICTION DURING NASIR AL-DIN SHAH'S REIGN N2 - E.G. Browne relates this story in his A Year amongst the Persians in orderto demonstrate the gross ignorance which sometimes characterises [amulls] decisions. The episode was related to Browne by one of his Bbassociates in Kerman, and the question was designed to expose this ignoranceof the clergy. As it is related here, however, the jibe is unwarranted. A hole half a yard in each direction is not half a yard square (it is half ayard cubed). The mull, in the absence of a specification of depth, assumesthat the hole is dug to the same depth as the original request. This assumptionis UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=116540 ER -