New Muslims of Post-Conquest Iran - Tradition, Memory, and Conversion

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Bowen Savant is a historian of religion and an Associate Professor at the Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London. Her publications include Genealogy and Knowledge in Muslim Societies: Understanding the Past (2013), co-edited with Helena de Felipe, as well as book chapters and journal articles treating early Islamic history and historiography. Klappentext This book focuses on the role of memory and its revision and erasure in the ninth to eleventh centuries. Zusammenfassung This book studies Iran's conversion to Islam in the ninth to eleventh centuries! focusing on the historical consciousness of Iranians at that time. It emphasizes the importance of a shared history for groups and traces the remolding of Iranian history and identity that occurred when Iran's heritage was re-evaluated in light of Islam. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Prior connections to Islam; 2. Muhammad's Persian companion, Salman al-Farisi; 3. Finding meaning in the past; 4. Reforming Iranians' memories of pre-Islamic times; 5. The unhappy prophet; 6. Asserting the end of the past.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Savant, Sarah Bowen Savant, Savant Sarah Bowen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2013
• EAN: 9781107014084
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01408-4
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization; Cambridge Studies in Islamic C; Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, Iran, HISTORY / Middle East / General, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities