Nadir Shah and the Ja'fari Madhhab Reconsidered
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9978837 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ernest Tucker (United States Naval Academy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1-4 |
| Pages | 163-179 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210869408701825 |
| OpenAlex | W1971316761 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
In less than twenty years, Nadir Shah built an empire across Iran, India, and Central Asia. When he took the throne on the Mughan steppe in 1148/1736, Nadir confronted the problem of how to legitimize his reign after two centuries of Shi'i Safavid rule. He attempted to solve this problem, in part, by challenging Iran's Twelver Shi'i identity. Nadir proposed to the Ottomans that Twelver Shi'ism be considered a fifth school of Sunni Islam, to be called the Ja'fari madhhab after the sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq. In exchange for Shi'i renunciation of such practices as sabb (the ritual cursing of the first three caliphs), Nadir proposed that the Ottomans give this Ja'fari madhhab all the privileges enjoyed by the four Sunni schools, and that a fifth pillar be erected in the Ka'bah in Mecca to commemorate it. He asked that the Ottomans allow him to appoint the leader of the annual ḥajj caravan from Iran
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2023 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |