faculty interest info : near eastern studies

Babyan, Katheryn. 1987-93 Princeton University, Islamic History, Ph.D. Field of Specialization: Ottoman & Safavi History, Sufism & Shi'ism; Period of Specialization: Late Medieval & Early Modern. Selected publications: "Sufis, Darvishes, and Mullas: The Controversy Over Spiritual and Temporal Dominion in 17th centruy Safavi Iran," Safavid Persia, Charles Melville (ed.), I.B. Tauris, 1996. "The 'Aqâîd al-Nisâ': A Glimpse at Safavi Women in Local Isfahani Culture" Women in the Medieval Islamic World, Gavin Hambly (ed.), St. Martin's Press, 1998. Book review of Jamal Elias's The Throne Carrier of God: The Life and Thought of 'Ala' ad-dawla as-Simnânî, Journal of American Oriental Society (Forthcoming 1998). Messiahs, Mystics and Monarchs: The Spiritual Landscape of the Qizilbash in Early Modern Iran, forthcoming book.

Bonner, Michael. (see History)

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