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The True Dream - Indictment of the Shiite clerics of Isfahan, an English translation with facing Persian text (Paperback)
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The True Dream - Indictment of the Shiite clerics of Isfahan, an English translation with facing Persian text (Paperback)
Series: Iranian Studies
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The True Dream is a Persian satirical drama set in Isfahan in the
lead up to Iran's Constitutional Revolution of 1905-11. 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 Judgement. 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 Jamalzadeh, 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.
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