Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The 'ulama' of Najaf and Karbala' by Meir Litvak

Shi'i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The 'ulama' of Najaf and Karbala'

Cambridge Middle East Studies

Meir Litvak

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The shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala in nineteenth-century Ottoman Iraq were the most important Shi'i centers of learning. In the first in-depth study of the period, Meir Litvak explores the social and political dynamics of these communities and...

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