Private Sins, Public Crimes

Private Sins, Public Crimes
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 532
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ISBN-10 : 9780300280739
ISBN-13 : 0300280734
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Book Synopsis Private Sins, Public Crimes by : Farzin Vejdani

Download or read book Private Sins, Public Crimes written by Farzin Vejdani and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2024-11-12 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking scholarly study of crime and punishment in Qajar Iran Drawing on a rich array of primary sources in multiple languages, Farzin Vejdani argues that the ambiguity in defining the boundaries between private and public in Qajar Iran often corresponded with the jurisdictional friction between government authorities and religious scholars regarding who had the authority to police and punish public crimes. This ambiguity had implications for the spaces in which illicit acts were carried out: “private” parties in domestic residences where music, alcohol, and prostitution were present were often tolerated by local police officials but raised the ire of religious authorities and their followers, who raided these residences, ironically in violation of strong Islamic norms of privacy. Crimes that were manifest but remained unpunished triggered a crisis of legitimacy that often coincided with upstart Islamic religious scholars challenging the state’s authority. Even when the government had every intention of punishing a crime, convicted criminals sought shelter in sanctuaries—including shrines, mosques, royal stables, and telegraph offices—which were even more inviolable than private residences. This inviolability, grounded in both Islamic prohibitions of violence on sacred grounds and Iranian imperial traditions of redress, allowed criminals to negotiate a lesser sentence, safe passage for voluntary exile, or forgiveness.


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