03689nam a2200469Ka 4500 ocn796803899 OCoLC 20200709055535.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120626s2012 enk ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781139518758 (electronic bk.) 1139518755 (electronic bk.) 9781107018792 110701879X (OCoLC)796803899 458576 (N$T) a-ir--- BP63.I68 C76 2012eb REL 069000 bisacsh 295/.095509021 23 HIS026000 bisacsh N$TA Crone, Patricia, 1945- The nativist prophets of early Islamic Iran [electronic resource] / Patricia Crone. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource. "This learned and engaging study casts new light on the nature of religion in pre-Islamic Iran and on the persistence of Iranian religious beliefs both outside and inside Islam after the Arab conquest"-- Provided by publisher. "Patricia Crone's latest book is about the Iranian response to the Muslim penetration of the Iranian countryside, the revolts subsequently triggered there, and the religious communities that these revolts revealed. The book also describes a complex of religious ideas that, however varied in space and unstable over time, has demonstrated a remarkable persistence in Iran across a period of two millennia. The central thesis is that this complex of ideas has been endemic to the mountain population of Iran and occasionally become epidemic with major consequences for the country, most strikingly in the revolts examined here, and in the rise of the Safavids who imposed Shi'ism on Iran. This learned and engaging book by one of the most influential scholars of early Islamic history casts entirely new light on the nature of religion in pre-Islamic Iran, and on the persistence of Iranian religious beliefs both outside and inside Islam after the Arab conquest"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. The Revolts: 2. The Jibal: Sunbadh, the Muslimiyya; 3. Azerbaijan: Babak; 4. Khurasan: Muhammira, Khidashiyya, Rawandiyya, Harithiyya; 5. Sogdia and Turkestan: Ishaq; 6. Sogdia: al-Muqanna and the Mubayyida; 7. South-eastern Iran: Bihafaridh, ustadhsis, and Yusuf al-Barm; 8. The nature of the revolts; 9. The aftermath; Part II. The Religion: 10. God, cosmology, and eschatology; 11. Divine indwelling; 12. Reincarnation; 13. Ethos, organisation, overall character; 14. Khurrami beliefs in pre-Islamic sources; 15. Regional and official Zoroastrianism: doctrines; 16. Regional and official Zoroastrianism on the ground; Part III. Women and Property: 17. 'Wife-sharing'; 18. The Mazdakite utopia and after; Part IV. Conclusion: 19. Iranian religion versus Islam and inside it; Appendices. Description based on print version record. Islam Iran History. Religion Iran History. RELIGION / Zoroastrianism bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Crone, Patricia, 1945- Nativist prophets of early Islamic Iran. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107018792 (DLC) 2011033306 (OCoLC)747018943 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=458576 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51300 51300