The Cambridge History of Iran

The volume provides a comprehensive record of the formative centuries of Islam in Iran.

R. N. Frye (Edited by)

9780521200936, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 June 1975

747 pages
23.7 x 15.9 x 5.2 cm, 1.41 kg

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.

List of plates
List of maps
Preface
1. The Arab conquest of Iran and its aftermath 'Abd Al-Husain Zarrinkub
2. The 'Abbasid Caliphate in Iran Roy Mottahedeh
3. The tahirids and saffarids C. E. Bosworth
4. The samanids R. N. Frye
5. The early Ghaznavids C. E. Bosworth
6. The minor dynasties of Northern Iran W. Madelung
7. Iran under the buyids Heribert Busse
8. Tribes, cities and social organization Claude Cahen
9. The visual arts Oleg Grabar
10. Numismatics G. C. Miles
11. The exact sciences E. S. Kennedy
12. Life sciences, alchemy and medicine S. H. Nasr
13a. Philosophy and cosmology S. H. Nasr
13b. Sufism S. H. Nasr
14. The religious sciences S. H. Nasr and M. Mutahhari
15. Sects and heresies B. S. Amoretti
16. Nasir-i Khusrau and Iranian Isma'ilism Henry Corbin
17. Zoroastrian literature after the muslim conquest J. de Menasce, O.P.
18. Arabic literature in Iran Victor Danner
19. The rise of the new Persian language G. Lazard
20a. The 'Ruba'i'' in early Persian literature L. P. Elwell-Sutton
20b. 'Umar Khayyam: astronomer, mathematician and poet J. A. Boyle
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]