Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative: Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography, 750-1050

ISBN-13: 9780367869311 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 248 str.

Scott Savran

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Shifting Patterns of Identity and Early Islamic Historiography in Context  3. The Opening of the Drama: Shāpūr and the Sheikh  4. Bahrām V Gūr, the Lakhmids, and the Hephthalite Disaster  5. The Twilight of Sasanian Power: Khusraw I Anūshirvān and the Saga of Ḥimyar  6. The Buildup to the Confrontation: Khusraw II Parvīz and the Rise of the Arabs  7. The Climax: The Islamic Victory over the Sasanians  8. Conclusion

 

O autorze

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.