The new Muslims of post-conquest Iran :

Savant, Sarah Bowen.

The new Muslims of post-conquest Iran : tradition, memory, and conversion / Sarah Bowen Savant, Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations. - 1 online resource (xvii, 277 pages) - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization . - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prior connections to islam -- Muḥammad's Persian companion, Salman al-Farisi -- Finding meaning in the past -- Reforming Iranians' memories of pre-Islamic times -- The unhappy prophet -- Asserting the end of the past.

9781461944942 (electronic bk.) 1461944945 (electronic bk.)


Islam--History.--Iran
Conversion--Islam--History.
RELIGION / Islam / General


Electronic books.

BP63.I68 / S28 2013eb

297.0955