1st Edition
Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography, 750�1050
By Scott Savran
Copyright 2018
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative analyzes how early Muslim historians merged the pre-Islamic histories of the Arab and Iranian peoples into a didactic narrative culminating with the Arab conquest of Iran. This book provides an in-depth examination of Islamic historical accounts of the encounters between representatives of these two peoples that took place in the... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Shifting Patterns of Identity and Early Islamic Historiography in Context 3. The Opening of the Drama: Shāpūr and the Sheikh 4. Bahrām V Gūr, the Lakhmids, and the Hephthalite Disaster 5. The Twilight of Sasanian Power: Khusraw I Anūshirvān and the Saga of Ḥimyar 6. The Buildup to the Confrontation: Khusraw II Parvīz and the Rise of the Arabs 7. The Climax: The Islamic Victory over the Sasanians 8. Conclusion
Biography
Scott Savran obtained his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 2011. Dr Savran's research focuses on identity-based discourses in early Islamic historiography.
