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    Yet if every ideology requires certain beliefs at its center to give it a sense of coherence and purpose it s practical implementation may be less crucial to its survival as a credible and compelling vision of the world than the rhetorical and symbolic power that comes with the periodic reiteration and invocation of those beliefs. This paper will test the iconic status of Iraq-i Arab for Shi'i Islam against historical reality by examining the zeal and energy applied by the Safavids to gain and maintain control over Iraq-i 'Arab and the justification for their Engagement with the region.

    it would be almost ninety years before Shah 'Abbas reclaimed the city in early 1623.
    To be sure, religion takes over in the Habib al-siyar as soon as the author has the shah approach Baghdad.
    The Habib al-siyar did not set an immediate precedent
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