TY  - JOUR
ID  - 4959
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/cole_clerics_iraq_iran
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Shi'i Clerics in Iraq and Iran, 1722-1780: The Akhbari-Usuli Conflict Reconsidered
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JF  - Iranian Studies
JA  - IS
A1  - Cole,Juan
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Y1  - 1985 Winter
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VL  - 18
IS  - 1
SP  - 3
EP  - 34
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M3  - Articles
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LA  - English
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AB  - A debate which came to shape Shi'i jurisprudence, between those who believed that only the Imams should be the source of law, vs. those who held that rational study of scripture could yield worthy principles. (No mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í faiths.)
N1  - Purchase online at tandfonline.com.  On the Akhbaris and Usulis, see also Introduction to Shi'i Islam p. 117 and Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i on the Sources of Religious Authority.
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KW  - Akhbari (Shiite school)
KW  - Iran (documents)
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Islam
KW  - Jurisprudence
KW  - Shaykhism
KW  - Shia Islam (Shiism)
KW  - Usuli (Shiite school)
ER  -