The new Muslims of post-conquest Iran : tradition, memory, and conversion /

This book focuses on the role of memory and its revision and erasure in the ninth to eleventh centuries.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Savant, Sarah Bowen
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Series:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prior connections to islam
  • MuḼammad's Persian companion, Salman al-Farisi
  • Finding meaning in the past
  • Reforming Iranians' memories of pre-Islamic times
  • The unhappy prophet
  • Asserting the end of the past.