Abstract

After an introduction to the role of Islamic shrines and their administrators in preserving legal and administrative documents (p. 137-140), the author examines the ‘shiʻitizationʼ (p. 140-154), from the Safavid period onwards, of four endowment deeds (dated 715/1315, 825/1422, 860/1456 and 899/1485) and a secular decree (803/1401) from the south-west Iranian province of Fārs. The four endowment deeds are related to the sanctuary (boqʻe) of the Sunnī Sāfeʻī mystic Sayḫ Amīn-al-Dīn Baleyānī (d...

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