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The reshaping of Iran from Zoroastrian to Muslim : a history of cultural transformation / Rashna Writer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (526 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773443952
  • 0773443959
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reshaping of Iran from Zoroastrian to Muslim.DDC classification:
  • 306.60955 22
LOC classification:
  • HC21
  • HM876
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
THE RESHAPING OF IRAN FROM ZOROASTRIAN TO MUSLIM: A History of Cultural Transformation; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Historical Timeline; Glossary; Map: Iran in the Islamic Era; Preface & Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One -- The Final Years of Sasanian Iran; Chapter Two -- The Arab Military Conquest of Iran; Chapter Three -- Transition from the Umayyad to the Abbasid Caliphate; Chapter Four -- The Consolidation of Islamic Rule; Chapter Five -- From Zoroastrian to Muslim: The Conversion of Iran; Chapter Six -- Contraction of the Zoroastrian Community.
Chapter Seven -- Shia Islam: Redefining a National IdentityChapter Eight -- Emasculation of the Zoroastrians in the Safavid Era; Chapter Nine -- The Qajar Dynasty: Further Denigration of the Zoroastrians; Chapter Ten -- The Pahlavi Dynasty: An Era of Religious Tolerance for the Zoroastrians; Chapter Eleven -- From Religious Tolerance to Islamic Revolution; CODA; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: The conquest of Sasanian Iran by the Arabs, newly galvanized by Islam, brought to a close Zoroastrian Iran which would henceforth become an integral part of the Islamic world. This book examines the transformation of the country and its impact on the diminished Zoroastrian community; and investigates Zoroastrian-Muslim relations in Iran, from the early post-conquest era to the present time.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)600800

THE RESHAPING OF IRAN FROM ZOROASTRIAN TO MUSLIM: A History of Cultural Transformation; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Historical Timeline; Glossary; Map: Iran in the Islamic Era; Preface & Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One -- The Final Years of Sasanian Iran; Chapter Two -- The Arab Military Conquest of Iran; Chapter Three -- Transition from the Umayyad to the Abbasid Caliphate; Chapter Four -- The Consolidation of Islamic Rule; Chapter Five -- From Zoroastrian to Muslim: The Conversion of Iran; Chapter Six -- Contraction of the Zoroastrian Community.

Chapter Seven -- Shia Islam: Redefining a National IdentityChapter Eight -- Emasculation of the Zoroastrians in the Safavid Era; Chapter Nine -- The Qajar Dynasty: Further Denigration of the Zoroastrians; Chapter Ten -- The Pahlavi Dynasty: An Era of Religious Tolerance for the Zoroastrians; Chapter Eleven -- From Religious Tolerance to Islamic Revolution; CODA; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

The conquest of Sasanian Iran by the Arabs, newly galvanized by Islam, brought to a close Zoroastrian Iran which would henceforth become an integral part of the Islamic world. This book examines the transformation of the country and its impact on the diminished Zoroastrian community; and investigates Zoroastrian-Muslim relations in Iran, from the early post-conquest era to the present time.

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