A successful work on the culture and politics of modern day Islam as told through the story of a young Iranian cleric.

Mantle of the Prophet: IRAN

Religion & Spirituality

Mottahedeh, Roy

Islam

Pantheon

The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran

A noted authority on Iranian culture tells the story of the education of a modern Islamic teacher, from childhood to ayatolla--a story interwoven with scenes from Iran's history and biographical sketches of its key figures

History

Middle East

Simon&Schuster

Drawn from the first-hand accounts of eye-witnesses, Roy Mottahedeh's gripping account of Islam and politics in revolutionary Iran is widely regarded as one of the best records of that turbulent time ever written. Roy Mottahedeh is Gurney professor of Islamic History at Harvard University. An internationallly renowned expert, he has published extensively in this field and his academic awards include a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Prize Fellowship.

Oneworld Pubns Ltd

An updated classic study of 10th- and 11th-century society in Buyid Iran. Arguing that medieval Islamic society must be understood in its own cultural terms, the author explains how it was able to function in a stable manner without the type of political institutions familiar to the West.

Loyalty and Leadership in An Early Islamic Society

Africa

I.B.Tauris

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Mantle of the Prophet: IRAN

The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran

The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran

Loyalty and Leadership in An Early Islamic Society