Layers of Veils Obscuring the Image of Tahirih Qurrat al-ʿAyn
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6147693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mina Yazdani (0000-0001-5526-8950, Eastern Kentucky University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 358-380 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hawwa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-2078 • E-ISSN: 1569-2086 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15692086-12341405 |
| OpenAlex | W4391548853 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper deconstructs the ways the image of Fāṭima Zarrīn-Tāj Baraghānī, known as Tahirih Qurrat al-ʿAyn (d. 1852), has been distorted in academic works and in anti-Bahā’ī polemics. The misrepresentations of Tahirih in these works range from disconnecting her from the source of her inspiration, to accusations of immorality, to denying her knowledge, to denying her poetry, to depicting her as a militant figure. It is suggested that misogyny, religious prejudice, selective as well as uncritical use of primary sources, and agenda driven scholarship explain the misrepresentations
Art · Atheism · Epistemology · Immorality · Literature · Militant · Morality · Objectivism · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |