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The period in Iran's history marked by the establishment of a constitutional monarchy and the influence of Shiʿa ulama on society and politics.
Official records and mainstream reference works put virtually the entire population of within Islam—roughly 99–99.6 percent—of whom about 90–95 percent are and the remainder Sunni; independent surveys...
Iran did enter processes of modernization beginning in the late 19th century, but this trajectory was driven by a complex mix of state reform efforts, intellectual exchange, economic pressures and for...