A Reformist, a Diplomat, and a Benevolent Merchant: Hājī Mīrzā Sayyīd Muhammad-Taqī Shīrāzī (Afnān), the Shīrāzī Trading House and the Propagation of the Babi-Baha ʾi Faith
Abstract The aim of this paper is to offer a glimpse into the Baha ʾi mercantile community in Iran during the second half of the nineteenth century and its reformist and modernist attitudes through the accounts of one of its leading merchants, Hājī Mīrzā Sayyīd Muhammad-Taqī Shīrāzī (Afnān)....
| Published in: | Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
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| Further subjects: | B
Haji Mirza Sayyid Muhammad Taqi Shirazi
B Merchants B Babi-Baha ʾi faith B Qajar Iran B Ashkhabad B Tsarist Russia B Yazd B Transcaspia B Amin al-Zarb |
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| Summary: | Abstract The aim of this paper is to offer a glimpse into the Baha ʾi mercantile community in Iran during the second half of the nineteenth century and its reformist and modernist attitudes through the accounts of one of its leading merchants, Hājī Mīrzā Sayyīd Muhammad-Taqī Shīrāzī (Afnān). |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5209 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685209-12341508 |