ZIA-EBRAHIMI, Reza (2011). An emissary of the Golden Age: Manekji Limji Hataria and the charisma of the archaic in pre-nationalist Iran. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 10 (3), 377-390.
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Early nationalist thought in nineteenth-century Iran emphasised the lost glories of the Zoroastrian pre-Islamic past, which it held for a utopian society of refinement, progress, and power destroyed by the advent of Islam. This article aims to show the prominence of this archaistic movement in the early phase of Iranian nationalism by highlighting the impact of an Indian Parsi traveller named Manekji Limji Hataria on nationalist intellectuals. Because of his religious background as a Zoroastrian, Manekji came to be perceived as an emissary of Iran's Golden Age. Fully aware of the potential influence this perception granted him, Manekji endeavoured to disseminate neo-Zoroastrian, pre-Islamic-centred, and frankly anti-Arab/anti-Islamic readings of history among intellectuals, and thus succeeded in having a disproportionate influence on the nationalist definition of Iranian history and identity.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | From special issue : ASEN 2010 : Conference special issue : Nation and charisma |
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Humanities Research Centre |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-9469.2011.01091.x |
Page Range: | 377-390 |
Depositing User: | Lorna Greaves |
Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2012 12:44 |
Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2021 00:01 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5978 |
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