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Rula Abisaab
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Latest funding
- $113,717
Jihad; Sacred War; in Iran from the 16th to the 19th century
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
- $65,050
Traditionist Islamic thought in Safavid Astarabad: 1501-1736
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
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Jihad; Sacred War; in Iran from the 16th to the 19th century
Principal investigators: Abisaab, Rula
Keywords: Islamic law; Shi`i Islamic doctrine; Iran; medieval and early modern Islamic history
Traditionist Islamic thought in Safavid Astarabad: 1501-1736
Principal investigators: Abisaab, Rula
Keywords: Islamic jurisprudence; rationalism; imperial sovereignty; early modern Iran; the 'Ulama; peasant revolts
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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