{"product_id":"the-mantle-of-the-prophet-religion-and-politics-in-iran-by-roy-parviz-mottahedeh","title":"The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran by Roy Parviz Mottahedeh","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinary book' \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhere did the 1979 Islamic Revolution come from?\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\nOnly six years after the revolution, the late Harvard professor of history Roy P. Mottahedeh set out to answer this question. Drawing on more than two millennia of Iranian history, fourteen centuries of Shi'i scholarship, and the intellectual challenges of modernity, he traced the deep currents that gave the revolution its force. From lectures on Aristotle in Qom's seminaries to SAVAK's prisons and the bustle of the bazaars, Mottahedeh illuminates how the revolution was shaped by Iranian society and how it reshaped the nation in turn.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Mantle of the Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rare account of the revolution and its aftermath as they were lived and endured. As the future of the Islamic Republic once again hangs in the balance, Mottahedeh's classic study has lost none of its relevance. It remains a powerful testament to a society marked by sacrifice, conviction and an unfinished struggle for freedom.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRoy Parviz Mottahedeh\u003c\/b\u003e was the Gurney Professor of History, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He served as the Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard from 1987 to 1990 and as Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program at Harvard from 2006 to 2011. His first book, \u003ci\u003eLoyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society\u003c\/i\u003e, gained him a Guggenheim Fellowship, and he was among the first to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. His history of modern Iran, \u003ci\u003eThe Mantle of the Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e, is an international bestseller which has been translated into numerous languages, and both this and his translation of \u003ci\u003eLessons in Islamic Jurisprudence\u003c\/i\u003e by Muhammad Baqir As-Sadr are also available from Oneworld.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"showLessLink\" style=\"text-align: right; display: block;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67659540037917,"sku":"9781836433859","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/5897\/files\/Screenshot2026-10-01at4.09.15pm.png?v=1790885397","url":"https:\/\/www.middleeastbooks.com\/products\/the-mantle-of-the-prophet-religion-and-politics-in-iran-by-roy-parviz-mottahedeh","provider":"Middle East Books and More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}