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The rise of Islam / / edited by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Sarah Stewart |
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London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2009 |
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©2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (125 p.) |
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Collana |
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Idea of Iran ; ; Volume 4 |
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Islam - Iran - History |
Iran History 640-1256 |
Iran Civilization |
Iran Religious life and customs |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Re-emergence of Iranian Identity after Conversion to Islam Ehsan Yarshater; Survival of Iranianness Hugh Kennedy; The Persistent Older Heritage in the Medieval Iranian Lands C. Edmund Bosworth; Economy and Society in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History Richard W. Bulliet; Oranges, Quiddities and Algorisms Lutz Richter-Bernburg; The Cross and the Lotus: The Armenian miscellany Patmut'iwn plnje k'alak'i ('History of the City of Brass') On the Periphery of the Iranian Oikoumene James R. Russell |
What Happened to the Sasanian Hunt in Islamic Art? Robert HillenbrandList of Abbreviations; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 qu |
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