The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 4William 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 |
Common terms and phrases
3rd/9th century 4th/10th century Abbasid Abd-Allāh Abū Muslim Aḍud al-Daula Aḥmad al-Ma'mun al-Marzubān Alid Arabic army authority Āzarbāījān Baghdad Balkh Baþra brother Bukhārā Buyid caliph central centre coins conquest culture Dailam Dailamites death defeated died dirhams Dīvān dynasty early eastern empire Fakhr al-Daula Fārs Ghazna Ghaznavid governor governorship Gurgan hadith Imad al-Daula Imām important Iran Iranian Iraq Islamic Isma'il Ja'far Khārijites Khurasan Khurāsānian Khusrau Khwārazm Kirman Kitāb known Kūfa language later literature Maḥmūd Marv mawāli Mazdaean Middle Persian mosque Muḥammad Mūsā Muslim Naṣr Nishāpūr Nūḥ Pahlavi period philosophy poet poetry pre-Islamic province Qābūs Qur'an Rāzi region reign religion religious revolt rôle Rukn al-Daula rule ruler Ṣaffarids Saljuq Sāmānid Samanids Samarqand Sāsānian scholars sciences Sebük-Tegin senior amir sent Shi'i Shiraz Sistān sources Ṣūfis Sufism sultan Tabaristan Tahir Tahirids Tehran tradition Transoxiana Turkish Turks Umar Umayyad verse vizier Vushmgir western Iran Ya'qub Zoroastrian