1st Edition

The True Dream Indictment of the Shiite clerics of Isfahan, an English translation with facing Persian text

Edited By Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, Sen McGlinn Copyright 2017
148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

The True Dream is a Persian satirical drama set in Isfahan in the lead up to Iran’s Constitutional Revolution of 1905-11. Although its three authors hail from the clerical class, they criticize the arrogance, corruption and secularity of the Iranian ruling dynasty and clergy, taking Isfahan as their example. The work blends fact and fiction by summoning the prominent men of the city to account... Read more

Introduction Translation of The True Dream Appendix: The True Dream in Malekzâde’s History of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution



Biography



Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab is Associate Professor at Leiden University. He has authored a wide range of books, articles and translations in the field of Persian Studies and Islamic Spirituality and Mysticism (Sufism).





Sen McGlinn is a student of religion and a translator, with a particular focus on religion and politics in Iran in the modern period. He writes on Bahai Theology and related topics.