Rise of Islam, The (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The latest volume in the successful series 'The Idea of Iran' addresses the astonishing impact made by Islam during and after the Arab conquest of Iran in the middle of the seventh century. As the Sasanian dynasty crumbled before the invaders' triumphant onslaught, its state religion of Zoroastrianism was unceremoniously dismantled to make way for the new faith of the victorious desert warriors. Yet why, if Iran jettisoned its indigenous religion, did it still manage to retain its Persian language and distinctive Iranian identity once Muslim governance took hold? These, and other intriguing questions, are addressed by the book, which includes distinguished contributions from world-renowned scholars such as Hugh Kennedy, Edmund Bosworth, Robert Hillenbrand and Ehsan Yarshater. Discussing a large variety of subjects which covers the whole spectrum of life in early Islamic Iran, the volume offers one of the most ambitious perspectives on Persian religion, society and culture to be published to date. It will be consulted by all students of Iranian history, and will be regarded as essential reading for scholars of Islam, the Middle East and medieval religion alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: I.B.Tauris
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857733108
• Artikelnr.: 42331632

Autorenporträt

Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis is Curator of Islamic and Iranian Coins at the British Museum and Joint Editor of IRAN, Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies. Sarah Stewart is Deputy Director of the London Middle East Institute at SOAS and teaches Zoroastrianism in the Department of religions at SOAS.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Vesta Curtis and Sarah Stewart Iranian Identity after Conversion to Islam
Ehsan Yarshater Why Iran is Not an Arab Country
Hugh Kennedy The Persistent Older Heritage in the Medieval Iranian Lands
Edmund C Bosworth Social and Economic Life in Early Islamic Iran
Richard W Bulliet Quddities, Algorithms, Oranges
Iran in Islamic Science and Beyond
Lutz Richter
Bernberg The Cross and the Lotus: An Armenian Miscellany
James R Russell What Happened to the Sasanian Hunt in Islamic Art?
Robert Hillenbrand Bibliography