Article: Pan-Islamism in late nineteenth-century Iran.

Pan-Islamism or the idea of creating a united Muslim front against the common threat of foreign imperialism was one of several ideologies articulated during the second half of the nineteenth century in response to the growing domination of the Islamic world by European powers.(1) It is generally understood that pan-Islamism began in the Ottoman empire during the second half of the nineteenth century.(2) The origins of pan-Islamic ideas, however, can be traced back to 1774, when the Ottomans first used Islam as a political and ideological weapon not only to counter the threat posed by Europe, but also to secure their religious and cultural influence in the Muslim populated ...

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