Edward G. Browne

A Literary History of Persia

From the Earliest Times Until Firdawsi

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 534
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 745g
• ISBN-13: 9789353604523
• ISBN-10: 9353604524
• Artikelnr.: 56186088

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. On the Origins and General History of the People, Languages, and
Literatures of Persia: 1. Introduction; 2. The discovery and interpretation
of the inscriptions and documents of Ancient Persia, with other
philological matter; 3. The pre-Muhammadan literature of the Persians, with
some account of their legendary history, as set forth in the book of the
Kings; Part II. On the History of Persia from the Rise of the Sasanian to
the Fall of the Umayyad Dynasty (AD 226-750): 4. The Sasanian period (AD
226-652); 5. The Arab invasion; 6. The Umayyad period (AD 661-749); Part
III. On the Early Abbasid Period, or Golden Age of Islam: 7. General
characteristics of the golden age of Islam from the accession of As-Saffah
to the death of Al-Wathiq; 8. The developments of religion and philosophy
in the golden age of Islam; 9. The great Persian heresiarchs of this
period; Part IV. On the First Period of the Decline of the Caliphate, from
the Accession of Al-Mutawakkil to the Accession of sultan Mahmud of Ghazna
(AD 850-1000): 10. The General Phenomena of the first period of the decline
of the caliphate (AD 847-1000), from the accession of Al-Mutawakkil to the
accession of Mahmud of Ghazna; 11. The state of Muslim literature and
science at the beginning of the Ghaznawi period; 12. Religious movements of
this period I; 13. Religious movements of this period II; 14. The
literature of Persia during this period; Bibliography; Index.