Ahmad kasravi was an iranian linguist, nationalist, religious reformer, historian and former shia cleric. Buy on islam and shiism book online at low prices in india. Ahmad kasravi, born on september 29, 1890 in tabriz, iran. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject. Born in hokmabad, tabriz, iran, kasravi was an iranian azeri. Parcham journal of ahmad kasravi and his followers. Kasravi books pdf initially, kasravi enrolled in a seminary.
He wrote on the history of the iranian revolution of 190511 and on iranian history from the tenth to the 16th century. Publishing in persian language 9 in iran with a few exceptions mentioned above. Later, he joined the persian constitutional revolution. Sufi castigator ahmad kasravi and the iranian mystical tradition. Sufi castigatorsufi castigator investigates the writings of ahmad kasravi who was one of the foremost intellectuals i. A prolific writer, kasravi was very critical of both the shia clergy and of the policies of the central government. Ahmad kasravi was an iranian linguist, nationalist, religious reformer, historian and. However during this era some iranian merchants who were buying persian books from countries such as egypt, turkey and india and selling them in iran got interested in the printing industry and evaluated it as a source of income. Ahmad kasravi oil painting on canvas by shapour surenpahlav. Brought to trial for his anticlerical stance in tehran, kasravi was butchered in open court along with his secretary, booka taqi hadadpur, on 11 march from the early age of sixteen, kasravi became a proconstitutionalist. Ahmad kasravi and the purification of persian bahai library online. Pdf parcham journal of ahmad kasravi and his followers. Books by ahmad kasravi, and a list of books by author ahmad kasravi kasragi arguing that the ancient azari language had been closely related to persian language and the influx of turkic words began only with the seljuq invasion, ahmad kasravi believed that the true national language of iranian azerbaijan was persian and therefore. History of the iranian constitutional revolution, vol.
Figure 1, influential social thinker, prominent historian, a pioneer of irans linguistic studies, wellknown social and religious reformer with a sense of prophetic mission, and prolific author. Raised to be a clergyman, he became a zealous champion of constitutionalism, having witnessed his towns constitutionalists courageous fight for the majles and the rule of law. Kasravi, tabrizi ahmad article about kasravi, tabrizi. Ahmad kasravi and the iranian mystical tradition routledge sufi series lloyd ridgeon on. Later, he joined the iranian constitutional revolution. The following files are in this category, out of total. Buy on islam and shiism book online at best prices in india on. Within these dialects kasravi found a real treasure of iranian words that had become obsolete centuries before from not having been used by kasrqvi and administrators, to the extent that the iranians considered them foreign. Ahmad kasravi was born in modest circumstances in in the turkishspeaking city of tabriz in northwest iran. Ahmad kasravi books pdf he acquired physics, chemistry, mathematics, and geography books and iran nameh, special issue on ahmad kasravi, 20, kasravi s writings may be treated. Ahmad kasravi and the controversy over persian poetry.
Ahmad kasravi was an iranian linguist, nationalist, religious reformer, historian and former shia. Alternately elegiac and brutally honest, kasravi s work is central to modern iranian political consciousness in a way few other author s works are to their nation s. Ahmad kasravi 18901946 was a notable iranian linguist, historian, and. Ahmad kasravi s history of the iranian constitutional revolution chronicles this event and the ensuing struggles.
In his writings, kasravi demeaned several of the imams and fatemeh, the daughter of the prophet and alis. He experienced a sort of conversion to western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a. He experienced a sort of conversion to western learning when he learned that the comet of 1910 had been identified as a reappearance of halleys comet. Ahmad kasravi ahmad kasravi was born in 1890 in an impoverished borough of tabriz. A prolific writer, kasravi was very critical of both the shia clergy and of the policies.
Born in hokmabad hohmavar, tabriz, iran, kasravi was an iranian azari. Pdf ahmad kasravi on iran and azerbaijan evan siegel. Ahmad kasravi was born on september 29, into a religious family of the village of hamkavar, near the city of tabriz, iran. March 11, 1946 kasravi was born in hokmabad hohmavar, tabriz, iran, he was an iranian azari. While still in his teens kasravi warmed to the principles and ideals of the iranian constitutional movement in spite of his ultra conservative religious background and the atmosphere of the poor, backward section of tabriz in which he grew up. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the ahmad kasravi article. Bahman ibrahimi, resanehhaye nowin website as mentioned before gutenberg printing technique was both more difficult and more expensive than lithography. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Later born in hokmabad hohmavar, tabriz, iran, kasravi was an iranian azari. Ahmad kasravi project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
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