Middle East Studies Curriculum Map 2013-2014 [PDF]
This map displays degree requirements, courses, faculty information, clubs & organizations, and Library resources associated with Middle East studies across the seven Claremont Colleges (7Cs) for the 2013-14 academic year.
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Rostam Al- Tavarikh An Analysis of the Character of Mohammad Hashem Asef and his Historical Work [PDF]
Rostam Al- Tavarikh and Rostam Al -Hokama are two innovative combinations among the title of Persian historical books. No man of wisdom has used the word "Rostam" in order to introduce himself.
Abu Al Hassan Fayyaz Anosh
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Political Instrumentalization of Religion: The Case of Islam [PDF]
The question as to whether religion can block economic development and institutional change assumes particular importance today because of the rise of Islamist movements and the disappointing economic performances in the lands of Islam. This paper starts
Jean-Philippe Platteau
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Moral Revolutions: The Politics of Piety in the Ottoman Empire Reimagined [PDF]
Over the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries an immense body of morality literature emerged in the Ottoman Empire as part of a widespread turn to piety.
Shafir, Nir
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Postcolonial transitions on the southern borders of the former Soviet Union: the return of Eurasianism? [PDF]
As the Soviet Union dissolved into a new territorial reality, it released the doubly repressed histories of Tsarist and Soviet imperium. In the states to the south of the new Russian Federation, the post-soviet jostled with the postcolonial as nations ...
Bowring, Bill
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Three Turkish Letters in the Age of Safavids and Their Evaluation
Safavid Empire (1501-1736) was founded by Mirza Ismail who took the support of the Turkmen tribes at the beginning of the 16th century. Ismail Bahadur Khan declared his kingdom at Tabriz former Aq Qoyunlu capital. After that Shah Ismail chosed the Twelve
Cihat AYDOĞMUŞOĞLU
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Etnicidad, nacionalismo y el Estado en Afganistán
The paper begins by surveying the cultural, linguistic, occupational and sectarian diversity of Afghanistan's population, going on to discuss the origins of the modern Afghan state in the reign of Amir Abdur Rahman Khan in the late 19th century.
Beattie, Hugh
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The Slavic-Orthodox community in Azerbaijan: the identity and social position of a once-dominant minority [PDF]
Based on recent empirical findings and field observations, this article examines the Slavic-Orthodox community in Azerbaijan. Nowadays numbering about one and a half percent of the population, the main threat to its continuity is not persecution nor ...
De Cordier, Bruno
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Works of economic interest in the seventeenth century Muslim world [PDF]
In the 17th Century, the importance of Turkish and Persian increased because of being languages of rulers and receiving official patronage. Thus, along with writing on socio-economic problems in Arabic language, many works of economic interest appeared ...
Islahi, Abdul Azim
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Perceptions and Knowledge on the Effectiveness of a Local Government in Iran [PDF]
This study seeks to examine the perceptions and knowledge of local residents on the effectiveness of local government in Iran within the context of the process of decentralization. The study was based on qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Alekajbaf, Hossein
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