Piety and Politics in Qajar Iran

Nahid Massoumeh Assemi is an independent scholar who specializes in the art and architectural history of Qajar Iran. She has published articles in the peer-review journal Iran. She is a Bahari Visiting Fellow at the Bodleian Libraries, 2023-24 and a member of the Contemporary Art Council of the Iran Heritage Foundation. She holds a PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London and an MA in Fine Arts from Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where she was trained as a classical artist. She is also a miniaturist, illuminator and calligrapher working on commission.

Introduction
Chapter One: Historical Background
Chapter Two: The Mu'ini Family and Their Religious Establishments
Chapter Three: The Forecourt
Chapter Four: The Husayniyya
Chapter Five: The Zaynabiyya
Chapter Six: The 'Abbasiyya

Appendices
Appendix One: The Poem on the Frame of the Panel of Rauza Khwani
Appendix Two: The Vaqfnama
Appendix Three: Muhtasham Kashani’s Davazda Band on Husayn’s Martyrdom
Appendix Four: Ziyarat-i Warith
Appendix Five: Mi 'raj of Hazrat-i Rasul and 'Ali Rescues Salman from the Lion
Appendix Six: Ghadir Khum
Appendix Seven: The Panj Tan
Appendix Eight: The Court of Ma'mun and the Naming of Imam Riza as His Successor and the Picture of Shah Riza, the Hunter and the Happy Deer
Appendix Nine:Moses Throwing His Staff in the Palace of Pharaoh
Glossary
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