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  • Private Sins, Public Crimes

    Policing, Punishment, and Authority in Iran

    by Farzin Vejdani ...
    A groundbreaking scholarly study of crime and punishment in Qajar IranDrawing on a rich array of primary sources in multiple languages, Farzin Vejdani argues that the ambiguity in defining the boundaries between private and public in Qajar Iran often corresponded with the jurisdictional friction between government authorities and religious scholars regarding who had the authority to police and ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD

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    Private Sins, Public Crimes

    Policing, Punishment, and Authority in Iran

    by Farzin Vejdani ...
    Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 43 min

    Drawing on an array of primary sources in multiple languages, Farzin Vejdani argues that the ambiguity in defining the boundaries between private and public in Qajar Iran often corresponded with the jurisdictional friction between government authorities and religious scholars regarding who had the authority to police and punish public crimes. This ambiguity had implications for the spaces in which ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Making History in Iran

    Education, Nationalism, and Print Culture

    by Farzin Vejdani ...
    Iranian history was long told through a variety of stories and legend, tribal lore and genealogies, and tales of the prophets. But in the late nineteenth century, new institutions emerged to produce and circulate a coherent history that fundamentally reshaped these fragmented narratives and dynastic storylines. Farzin Vejdani investigates this transformation to show how cultural institutions and a ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

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  • Longing for the Lost Caliphate

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  • Influence (Supremacy) of Religion on Sudan's Foreign Policy Decision-Making

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