Scott Savran

Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative

Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography, 750�1050

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an in-depth examination of Islamic historical accounts of the encounters between representatives of these two peoples that took place in the centuries prior to the coming of Islam. By doing this, it uncovers anachronistic projections of dynamic identity and political discourses within the contemporaneous Islamic world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780367869311
• ISBN-10: 0367869314
• Artikelnr.: 58438882

Autorenporträt

Scott Savran obtained his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 2011. Dr Savran's research focuses on identity-based discourses in early Islamic historiography.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Shifting Patterns of Identity and Early Islamic Historiography in Context 3. The Opening of the Drama: Sh
p
r and the Sheikh 4. Bahr
m V G
r, the Lakhmids, and the Hephthalite Disaster 5. The Twilight of Sasanian Power: Khusraw I An
shirv
n and the Saga of
imyar 6. The Buildup to the Confrontation: Khusraw II Parv
z and the Rise of the Arabs 7. The Climax: The Islamic Victory over the Sasanians 8. Conclusion