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The true dream : indictment of the Shiite clerics of Isfahan, an English translation with facing Persian text

Title
The true dream : indictment of the Shiite clerics of Isfahan, an English translation with facing Persian text / Seyyed Jamâl-al-Din Wâ ʻez, Malek-al-Motkallemin, Sheykh Ahmad Kermâni, edited by Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab and Senn McGlinn.
Publication
  • London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Seyyed Jamâl-al-Din Wâ ʻez
  • Malek-al-Motkallemin
  • Sheykh Ahmad Kermâni
  • Seyed-Gohrab, A. A. (Ali Asghar), 1968-
  • McGlinn, Sen
Description
141 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
The True Dream is a Persian satirical drama set in Isfahan in the lead up to Iran's Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911. Although its three authors hail from the clerical class, they criticize the arrogance, corruption and secularity of the Iranian ruling dynasty and clergy, taking Isfahan as their example. The work blends fact and fiction by summoning the prominent men of the city to account for themselves on the Day of Judgment. God speaks offstage, delivering withering judgements of their behaviour. The dream of the authors is a vision of an Iran governed by law, where justice prevails and the clergy are honestly religious. This book has the Persian and English translation on facing pages. The introduction presents brief biographies of the authors - who wrote anonymously, but were all executed. One of the authors was the father of Mohammad-Ali Jamâlzâdeh, a pioneer of modern Persian fiction, and The True Dream was one of the first dramas, in European style, to be written in Persian. The book shows that today's struggle for a modern society began more than a century ago, and then and now pivots on the role of the Islamic clerics (the ulama). Using colloquial language, this first English translation of a significant and humorous Persian satirical drama will prove an accessible and valuable resource for students of Persian. By marking a significant point in the influence of Western political philosophy and Western drama on the Persian intellectual classes, this book will also appeal to students and scholars of Middle Eastern History and Political Science.
Series Statement
Iranian studies ; 35
Uniform Title
Iranian studies (London, England) ; 35.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Translations.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-137) and index.
Language (note)
  • Text in English and Persian, translated from the original Persion.
Call Number
JFE 19-1014
ISBN
  • 9781138223721
  • 1138223727
LCCN
2016036081
OCLC
956957596
Title
The true dream : indictment of the Shiite clerics of Isfahan, an English translation with facing Persian text / Seyyed Jamâl-al-Din Wâ ʻez, Malek-al-Motkallemin, Sheykh Ahmad Kermâni, edited by Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab and Senn McGlinn.
Publisher
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Iranian studies ; 35
Iranian studies (London, England) ; 35.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-137) and index.
Language
Text in English and Persian, translated from the original Persion.
Chronological Term
1794-1925
Added Author
Seyyed Jamâl-al-Din Wâ ʻez, author.
Malek-al-Motkallemin, author.
Sheykh Ahmad Kermâni, author.
Seyed-Gohrab, A. A. (Ali Asghar), 1968- translator.
McGlinn, Sen, translator.
Other Form:
ebook version : 9781315403885
Research Call Number
JFE 19-1014
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