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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814982403321

Autore

Spuler Bertold <1911->

Titolo

Iran in the early Islamic period : politics, culture, administration and public life between the Arab and the Seljuk conquests, 633-1055 / / by Bertold Spuler ; edited by Robert G. Hoyland ; translated by Gwendolin Goldbloom & Berenike Walburg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28209-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (649 p.)

Collana

Iran Studies, , 1569-7401 ; ; Volume 12

Disciplina

955/.022

Soggetti

Iran History 640-1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Editor's preface and acknowledgements -- Selective post-1952 bibliography -- Author's preface and acknowledgements -- General maps -- 1. Chronological overview of political history -- 2. The religious situation -- 3. The ethnic situation -- 4. Intellectual and cultural life -- 5. The administration of Persia -- 6. The legal situation -- 7. The social and economic situation -- Specialised maps -- Bibliography: Primary sources ; Secondary sources -- Indices.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Chronological Overview of Political History -- 2 The Religious Situation -- 3 The Ethnic Situation -- 4 Intellectual and Cultural Life -- 5 The Administration of Persia -- 6 The Legal Situation -- 7 The Social and Economic Situation -- Specialised Maps -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Indices.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a translation of Bertold Spuler’s groundbreaking work on the transformation of Iran from a Persian Zoroastrian Empire to a province of the Arab Muslim Empire to a land divided by a number of Persian and Turkish kingdoms.