Andrew J. Newman (1)
Auteur de Safavid Iran: Rebirth of a Persian Empire (Library of Middle East History)
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Andrew J. Newman is Reader in Islamic Studies and Persian at the University of Edinburgh. He is author of The Formative Period of Shii Law (2000) and Safavid Iran (2006).
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One important point the book makes is that in this period much of the Twelver activity was in Iraq, even (as today) in some districts of Baghdad, or in other places like Lebanon and Bahrein, not in Iran. The author, who has studied modern Twelver groups outside Iran, estimates that even today only 40% or so of the Twelver Shia are in Iran, a much lower proportion than the usual image. However, he also does discuss early Iranian Twekver centers such as Qum.… (plus d'informations)