The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4

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William Bayne Fisher, R. N. Frye
Cambridge University Press, 1975 M06 26 - 747 pages
Volume 4 is a survey of every aspect of the civilisations which flourished in the Iranian region from the Arab conquests to the Saljuq expansion: in particular, it studies the gradual transition of Iran from Zoroastrianism to Islam, the uniting of all Iranians under one rule, the flowering into full magnificence of the Persian language, and the establishment of those other acts which were to flourish so brilliantly after the Mongol conquest. The volume as a whole provides a comprehensive record of the formative centuries of Islam in Iran.
 

Contents

THE ABBASID CALIPHATE IN IRAN
57
THE TAHIRIDS AND ȘAFFARIDS
90
THE SAMANIDS
136
THE EARLY GHAZNAVIDS
162
THE MINOR DYNASTIES OF NORTHERN IRAN
198
IRAN UNDER THE BUYIDS
250
TRIBES CITIES AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
305
THE VISUAL ARTS
329
b SUFISM
442
THE RELIGIOUS SCIENCES
464
SECTS AND HERESIES
481
NASIRI KHUSRAU AND IRANIAN ISMAILISM
520
ZOROASTRIAN LITERATURE AFTER THE MUSLIM
543
ARABIC LITERATURE IN IRAN
566
THE RISE OF THE NEW PERSIAN LANGUAGE
595
ASTRONOMER MATHEMATICIAN
658

IO NUMISMATICS
364
THE EXACT SCIENCES
378
LIFE SCIENCES ALCHEMY AND MEDICINE
396
a PHILOSOPHY AND COSMOLOGY page
419
Bibliography
665
Index
699
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