Russian imperialism and jihad: early 19th-century Persian texts on just war. From: Journal of Church and State | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: Masroori, Cyrus | COPYRIGHT 2004 J.M. Dawson Studies in Church and State. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The modern application of concepts of jihad and mujahid are frequently traced to the invasion of Afghanistan by Soviet forces in the early 1980s. (1) However, some of the earliest applications of these concepts in the modern era are related to the Russian invasion of northwestern Iran in the early nineteenth century. The documents examined in this article are among the earliest modern texts examining these concepts and were written by high-ranking members of the Iranian clergy (ula...

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