A Reformist, a Diplomat, and a Benevolent Merchant: Haji Mirza Sayyid Muhammad-Taqi Shirazi (Afnan), the Shirazi Trading House and the Propagation of the Babi-Bahai Faith

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to offer a glimpse into the Bahai mercantile community in Iran during the second half of the nineteenth century and its reformist and modernist attitudes through the accounts of one of its leading merchants, Haji Mirza Sayyid Muhammad-Taqi Shirazi (Afnan).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)195-234
Number of pages40
JournalJournal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
Volume63
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

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© 2020 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Keywords

  • Amin al-Zarb
  • Ashkhabad
  • Babi-Bahai faith
  • Haji Mirza Sayyid Muhammad Taqi Shirazi
  • Qajar Iran
  • Transcaspia
  • Tsarist Russia
  • Yazd
  • merchants

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • History
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics

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