'Converting Persia' explains how Iran was to acquire one of its
defining characteristics: its Shi'ism. Under the Safavids
(1501-1736 CE), Persia adopted Shi'ism as its official religion.
Rula Abisaab explains how and why this specific brand of Shi'ism -
urban and legally-based - was brought to the region by leading Arab
'Ulama from Ottoman Syria, and changed the face of the region till
this day. These emigre scholars furnished distinct sources of
legitimacy for the Safavid monarchs, and an ideological defense
against the Ottomans. Just as important at the time was a conscious
and vivid process of Persianization both at the state level and in
society. Converting Persia is vital reading for anthropologists,
historians and scholars of religion, and any interested in Safavid
Persia, in Shi'ism, and in the wider history of the Middle
East."Rula Abisaab has provided us with a remarkable study of
Safavid Iran. Her work throws new light on the interplay of
religion and society and will be a crucial work for all interested
in the making of modern Iran." -Abbas Amanat, Professor of History,
Yale University.
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