Ayatollah Khomeini’s Mystical Poetry and its Reception in Iran and the Diaspora

Diede Farhosh-Van Loon

doi:10.1515/9789400604469

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Edition: 1/2023
Copyright Year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-90-8728-401-5
ISBN-Online: 978-94-006-0446-9
Publisher: Leiden University Press, Leiden
Series: Iranian Studies Series
Volume: 30
Language: English
Pages: 253
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Notes on Translations, Transliterations and Footnotes No access
Introduction No access Pages 11 - 16
1. Iran’s Socio-Political Situation under the Qajar Dynasty (1785-1925) No access
2. Clergy-State Relations during the Qajar Period No access
3. The Role of the Clergy during the Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911) No access
4. The Clerical Response to Constitutionalism No access
5. The Rise of Reza Shah and the Curtailment of the Clergy’s Role No access
6. The Clergy’s Response to Reza Shah’s Modernisation Policies No access
7. The Clergy under Mohammad Reza Shah No access
8. Rise of Ayatollah Khomeini No access
1. Ayatollah Khomeini’s Mysticism No access
2. Studies of Ayatollah Khomeini’s Mysticism No access
3. The Role of Mysticism in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Life No access
4. Western Studies on Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetical Work No access
5. The Role of Poets and Poetry in Persian Society No access
6. Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetry No access
1. Robâʿis in Historical Perspective No access
2. Structure of the Persian Robâʿi No access
3. Robâʿis by Ayatollah Khomeini No access
4. Biographical Elements: A Dialogue with Ayatollah Khomeini’s Daughter-in-Law No access
5. Mystical Love No access
6. The Iran-Iraq War No access
7. Martyrdom and Shiism No access
8. The Mystic Mansur Hallâj No access
9. The Kaʿba, the Holy House of God Despised No access
10. Conclusion No access
1. Structure of the Ghazal No access
2. Themes and Motifs in the Ghazal No access
3. The Ghazal in Historical Perspective No access
4. Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetry Inspired by Hâfez No access
5. Ayatollah Khomeini’s Imitation of the Ghazal No access
6. Antinomian Elements in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Ghazals No access
7. Censure of the House of God in Mecca in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Ghazals No access
8. Conclusion No access
1. The Qaside in Historical Perspective No access
2. Ayatollah Khomeini’s Qasides No access
3. The Concept of the Mohammadan Light No access
4. Veiling and Mystical Unveiling No access
5. Mohammad al-Mahdi, The twelfth Shiite Imam No access
6. Rejection of the Monarchy No access
7. Mahdi’s Representative on Earth: A Predecessor to Velâyat-e Faqih No access
8. Spiritual Perfection and Leadership No access
9. Anti-British Tendencies in Ayatollah Khomeini’s Qasides No access
10. The Shiite Interpretation of Oppression No access
11. Islamic Governance No access
12. Conclusion No access
1. Responses of Followers to Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetry No access
2. Responses to Ayatollah Khomeini’s Poetry in the Diaspora No access
3. Conclusion No access
General Conclusion No access Pages 195 - 198
Notes No access Pages 199 - 232
Bibliography No access Pages 233 - 244
Index No access Pages 245 - 252