ISLA 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ulama, Constitutionalism, Shia Islam
26 May 2016
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Ibrahim pasha centralized waqf, there was a belief that muslims were using wafq to bypass inheritance, and he taxed these things. Ibrahim pasha was looking for more money for the army and for egypt to modernize and industrialize. Constitutionalism: the idea of limiting the power of the central authority (in this case, the shah) These same things were happening in the ottoman system as well. In iran it let to the establishment of a parliament. As a result there are serious uprisings and the russians begin to get involved (as well as the british) Britain wanted to protect their interests in india (crown jewel of the british empire by the end of the 19th century) India is a major trading partner, military source, money, power for the british. To have control over iran is partly a buffer zone. Tobacco trade: they wanted to control tobacco shipping routes in the indian subcontinent.
