Khomeini in Najaf: The Religious and Political Leadership of an Exiled Ayatollah


The thirteen years Khomeini spent in exile in the Iraqi shrine city of Najaf is still a little-known page of his life. Based on a collection of published interviews with Iranian clerics, this article explores the social mechanisms of his growing authority, both as a religious scholar and a revolutio...

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Published in:Die Welt des Islams
Main Author: Corboz, Elvire (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Die Welt des Islams
Further subjects:B Shiʿism
 20th century
 Najaf
 social history
 Khomeini
 eligious authority
 exile

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