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The rise of Islam / / edited by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Sarah Stewart



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Titolo: The rise of Islam / / edited by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis and Sarah Stewart Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2009
©2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (125 p.)
Disciplina: 955.02
Soggetto topico: Islam - Iran - History
Soggetto geografico: Iran History 640-1256
Iran Civilization
Iran Religious life and customs
Persona (resp. second.): CurtisVesta Sarkhosh
StewartSarah (Sarah Rosemary Anne)
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Rise of Islam  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-85772-406-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808309903321
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Serie: Idea of Iran ; ; Volume 4.