Mystics, Monarchs, and Messiahs: Cultural Landscapes of Early Modern Iran

by Kathryn Babayan

Focusing on idealists and visionaries who believed that Justice could reign in our world, this book explores the desire to experience utopia on earth.

Reluctant to await another existence--another form, or eternal life following death and resurrection--individuals with ghuluww, or exaggeration, emerged at the advent of Islam, expecting to attain the apocalyptic horizon of Truth. In their minds, Muhammad's prophecy represented one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932885284
• ISBN13: 9780932885289
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"