Yitzhak Nakash's is a scholarly history of the Shia community of Iraq, working from the documented historical record to trace how that community's religious institutions actually formed and how they related to Ottoman and later Iraqi state authority, rather than presenting Iraqi Shia identity as a fixed, timeless given. That institutional and political historical method is the study's real evidentiary basis. Use it for established historical facts about the formation of Iraqi Shia religious institutions and their relationship to state authority; a claim about current Iraqi Shia religious leadership needs a more contemporary source alongside it.
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Yitzhak Nakash's scholarly history of the Shia community of Iraq, covering its formation, religious institutions and relationship to the Ottoman and later Iraqi state, published by Princeton University Press. NotesScholarly history of the Shia community of Iraq, covering its formation, religious institutions and relationship to the Ottoman and later Iraqi state. Use for established historical facts about Iraqi Shia Islam.
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AuthorYitzhak Nakash
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publication Year1994
Source Typebook
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This source names Iraq directly: "history of the Shia community of Iraq, working from the documented historical record to trace how that community's religious institutions actually formed and how they related to Ottoman and later..."
Source The Shi'is of IraqYitzhak Nakash
Claims Backed By This Source (120 claims)
This source backs 120 claims across the atlas. As facts: 79 well-attested. As cited relationships: 23 holds, 1 connected, 2 held Differently. Plus 15 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Sites, 49 claims: 34 well-attested, 11 holds, 4 general references.
- Pilgrimage Routes, 19 claims: 15 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Cities, 16 claims: 8 well-attested, 5 holds, 3 general references.
- Schools of Religious Law, 13 claims: 1 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 connected, 2 held Differently, 5 general references.
- Articles, 11 claims: 11 well-attested.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Subcategories, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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