Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University. Hamid Dabashi is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• PrefaceNote to the ReaderAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction (Seyyed Hossein Nasr)I. Shi'i Political DoctrinesChapter 1. ImamateKarl-Heinrich GobölChapter 2. Messianism and the Mahdi' allamah Tabatabat'tJassim M. HussainAbdulaziz A. SachedinaChapter 3. MartyrdomAbdulaziz A. SachedinaHamid EnayatChapter 4. Jihad'allamah Al-Hilli II. Authority, Law and Society in Shic ismChapter 5. The Shi'i Principles of JurisprudenceHossein Modarressi Tabataba'iChapter 6. Ruler and SocietyImam 'aliSulayman KattaniChapter 7. Political Theory and PracticeAnn K. LambtonSaid Amir ArjomandChapter 8. Economic Theories and PracticesSayyid Muhammad Baqir SadrAyatollah Sayyid Mahmud TaliqaniIII. Shi'ism in HistoryChapter 9. The Historical Growth of Shi'ism'allamah TabatabatChapter 10. The Buyid EraMarshall HodgsonChapter 11. The Safavid EraSeyyed Hossein NasrRoger SavorySaid Amir ArjomandAlbert HouraniChapter 12. The Qajar EraSaid Amir ArjomandHamid AlgarChapter 13. The Pahlavi EraShahrough AkhaviSaid Amir ArjomandIV. Shic i Minorities in the Islamic WorldChapter 14. Shi'ism in the Indian SubcontinentJohn HollisterAnnemarie SchimmelChapter 15. Shi'ism in the Arab WorldMichel MazzaouiHelena CobbanHanna BatatuChapter 16. Shi'ism in TurkeyMetin AndChapter 17. Shi'ism in East AfricaJan KnappertV. Shi'ism in the Modern World: Early Political IdeasChapter 18. The Usuli-Akhbari ControversyMangol BayatAhmad Kazemi MoussaviChapter 19. Early Propagation of Wilayat-i Faqih and Mulla Ahmad NaraqiHamid DabashiChapter 20. The Tobacco Rebellion and Haji Mirza Hasan ShiraziEdward G. BrowneNikki R. KeddieChapter 21. The Debates Over the Constitutional RevolutionHamid EnayatShaykh Muhammad Husayn Na'iniAbdul-Hadi HairiShaykh Fadlullah Nuri VI. Shi'ism in the Modern World: Later Political IdeasChapter 22. Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhullah Musawi Khumayni and Wilayat-i FaqihHamid EnayatMangol BayatAyatollah Sayyid Ruhullah Musawi KhumayniChapter 23. 'Ali Sharic atiShahrough AkhaviHamid Dabashi'Ali Sharic atiChapter 24. Ayatollah Murtada MutahhariAyatollah Murtada MutahhariChapter 25. Sayyid Muhammad Baqir SadrSayyid Muhammad Baqir SadrChapter 26. Imam Musa SadrFouad AjamiIndex

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University. Hamid Dabashi is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• PrefaceNote to the ReaderAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction (Seyyed Hossein Nasr)I. Shi'i Political DoctrinesChapter 1. ImamateKarl-Heinrich GobölChapter 2. Messianism and the Mahdi' allamah Tabatabat'tJassim M. HussainAbdulaziz A. SachedinaChapter 3. MartyrdomAbdulaziz A. SachedinaHamid EnayatChapter 4. Jihad'allamah Al-Hilli II. Authority, Law and Society in Shic ismChapter 5. The Shi'i Principles of JurisprudenceHossein Modarressi Tabataba'iChapter 6. Ruler and SocietyImam 'aliSulayman KattaniChapter 7. Political Theory and PracticeAnn K. LambtonSaid Amir ArjomandChapter 8. Economic Theories and PracticesSayyid Muhammad Baqir SadrAyatollah Sayyid Mahmud TaliqaniIII. Shi'ism in HistoryChapter 9. The Historical Growth of Shi'ism'allamah TabatabatChapter 10. The Buyid EraMarshall HodgsonChapter 11. The Safavid EraSeyyed Hossein NasrRoger SavorySaid Amir ArjomandAlbert HouraniChapter 12. The Qajar EraSaid Amir ArjomandHamid AlgarChapter 13. The Pahlavi EraShahrough AkhaviSaid Amir ArjomandIV. Shic i Minorities in the Islamic WorldChapter 14. Shi'ism in the Indian SubcontinentJohn HollisterAnnemarie SchimmelChapter 15. Shi'ism in the Arab WorldMichel MazzaouiHelena CobbanHanna BatatuChapter 16. Shi'ism in TurkeyMetin AndChapter 17. Shi'ism in East AfricaJan KnappertV. Shi'ism in the Modern World: Early Political IdeasChapter 18. The Usuli-Akhbari ControversyMangol BayatAhmad Kazemi MoussaviChapter 19. Early Propagation of Wilayat-i Faqih and Mulla Ahmad NaraqiHamid DabashiChapter 20. The Tobacco Rebellion and Haji Mirza Hasan ShiraziEdward G. BrowneNikki R. KeddieChapter 21. The Debates Over the Constitutional RevolutionHamid EnayatShaykh Muhammad Husayn Na'iniAbdul-Hadi HairiShaykh Fadlullah Nuri VI. Shi'ism in the Modern World: Later Political IdeasChapter 22. Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhullah Musawi Khumayni and Wilayat-i FaqihHamid EnayatMangol BayatAyatollah Sayyid Ruhullah Musawi KhumayniChapter 23. 'Ali Sharic atiShahrough AkhaviHamid Dabashi'Ali Sharic atiChapter 24. Ayatollah Murtada MutahhariAyatollah Murtada MutahhariChapter 25. Sayyid Muhammad Baqir SadrSayyid Muhammad Baqir SadrChapter 26. Imam Musa SadrFouad AjamiIndex

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University. Hamid Dabashi is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• PrefaceNote to the ReaderAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction (Seyyed Hossein Nasr)I. Shi'i Political DoctrinesChapter 1. ImamateKarl-Heinrich GobölChapter 2. Messianism and the Mahdi' allamah Tabatabat'tJassim M. HussainAbdulaziz A. SachedinaChapter 3. MartyrdomAbdulaziz A. SachedinaHamid EnayatChapter 4. Jihad'allamah Al-Hilli II. Authority, Law and Society in Shic ismChapter 5. The Shi'i Principles of JurisprudenceHossein Modarressi Tabataba'iChapter 6. Ruler and SocietyImam 'aliSulayman KattaniChapter 7. Political Theory and PracticeAnn K. LambtonSaid Amir ArjomandChapter 8. Economic Theories and PracticesSayyid Muhammad Baqir SadrAyatollah Sayyid Mahmud TaliqaniIII. Shi'ism in HistoryChapter 9. The Historical Growth of Shi'ism'allamah TabatabatChapter 10. The Buyid EraMarshall HodgsonChapter 11. The Safavid EraSeyyed Hossein NasrRoger SavorySaid Amir ArjomandAlbert HouraniChapter 12. The Qajar EraSaid Amir ArjomandHamid AlgarChapter 13. The Pahlavi EraShahrough AkhaviSaid Amir ArjomandIV. Shic i Minorities in the Islamic WorldChapter 14. Shi'ism in the Indian SubcontinentJohn HollisterAnnemarie SchimmelChapter 15. Shi'ism in the Arab WorldMichel MazzaouiHelena CobbanHanna BatatuChapter 16. Shi'ism in TurkeyMetin AndChapter 17. Shi'ism in East AfricaJan KnappertV. Shi'ism in the Modern World: Early Political IdeasChapter 18. The Usuli-Akhbari ControversyMangol BayatAhmad Kazemi MoussaviChapter 19. Early Propagation of Wilayat-i Faqih and Mulla Ahmad NaraqiHamid DabashiChapter 20. The Tobacco Rebellion and Haji Mirza Hasan ShiraziEdward G. BrowneNikki R. KeddieChapter 21. The Debates Over the Constitutional RevolutionHamid EnayatShaykh Muhammad Husayn Na'iniAbdul-Hadi HairiShaykh Fadlullah Nuri VI. Shi'ism in the Modern World: Later Political IdeasChapter 22. Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhullah Musawi Khumayni and Wilayat-i FaqihHamid EnayatMangol BayatAyatollah Sayyid Ruhullah Musawi KhumayniChapter 23. 'Ali Sharic atiShahrough AkhaviHamid Dabashi'Ali Sharic atiChapter 24. Ayatollah Murtada MutahhariAyatollah Murtada MutahhariChapter 25. Sayyid Muhammad Baqir SadrSayyid Muhammad Baqir SadrChapter 26. Imam Musa SadrFouad AjamiIndex