Distant Relations - Iran and Lebanon in the Last 500 Years

Informationen zum Autor H.E. Chehabi is Professor of International Relations and History at Boston University. Hassan I. Mneimneh is co-director of the Iraq Research and Documentation Project in Cambridge! Mass. and an independent scholar and writer prominent in the US and UK media Klappentext This book is of vital importance to understand the background of current politics in the Iran-Lebanon region - from the creation of Hizbullah to the radicalization of Iranian politics Zusammenfassung Iran and Lebanon have touched each other's fortunes! on religious! political and cultural levels! for over 500 years. Beginning with the emigration of Shi'ite ulema from Jabal Amil to Safavid Persia in the 16th century! This is a study of the centuries-long contact between these countries.

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• Authors: H. E. Chehabi, H. E. Mneimneh Chehabi, Hassan Mneimneh, Hassan I. Mneimneh
• Assisted by: Houchang Chehabi (Editor)
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2006
• EAN: 9781860645617
• ISBN: 978-1-86064-561-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous