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The Shiites

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    Chapter 1 Shiism: An Overview
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    Chapter 2 Essentials of Islam Common to the Shiite and Sunni Traditions
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    Chapter 3 Shiite Ta’wil : The Esoteric Dimension of Quranic Scripture
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    Chapter 4 Variations on the Esoteric Tradition in Poetry and Theosophy: Examples from Attar, Hafez, and Suhrawardi of Aleppo
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    Chapter 5 The Patterns that Inform History: Shiite Worldviews and the Understanding of Past and Future
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    Chapter 6 Shiism in India: Historical Background and Cultural Influences
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    Chapter 7 Representations of Muharram in British Fiction and Memoirs from the Raj
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    Chapter 8 Shiite Shrines of the Old City
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    Chapter 9 Shiite Men’s Guilds of Hyderabad: An Overview
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    Chapter 10 Lamentation Rituals: Shiite Justifications for Matam (Acts of Mourning and Self-mortification)
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    Chapter 11 Lamentation Rituals: Liturgical Forms of Matam
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    Chapter 12 The Majlis Liturgy: Sermon Topics and Shiite Self-definition
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    Chapter 13 The Role of Liturgy in Reinforcing Communal Identity
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    Chapter 14 Preparations for the Muharram Season: Rehearsal Sessions and the Training of the Chorus in a Shiite Men’s Guild
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    Chapter 15 Liturgy as Drama: The Seventh of Muharram and the Bridegroom of Karbala’s Procession
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    Chapter 16 Cooperation and Competition Among the Men’s Guilds
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    Chapter 17 Criticisms Directed Against the Men’s Guilds
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    Chapter 18 Muharram Liturgies and Hindu-Muslim Relations in Hyderabad
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    Chapter 19 Hyderabad and the World Community of Shiite Islam
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Chapter title
Variations on the Esoteric Tradition in Poetry and Theosophy: Examples from Attar, Hafez, and Suhrawardi of Aleppo
Chapter number 4
Book title
The Shiites
Published by
Palgrave Macmillan, New York, January 1992
DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-06693-0_4
Book ISBNs
978-0-312-10024-7, 978-1-137-06693-0
Authors

David Pinault, Pinault, David