The reshaping of Iran from Zoroastrian to Muslim a history of cultural transformation / [electronic resource] :
Rashna Writer.
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2013.
- 1 online resource (526 pages)
THE RESHAPING OF IRAN FROM ZOROASTRIAN TO MUSLIM: A History of Cultural Transformation; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Historical Timeline; Glossary; Map: Iran in the Islamic Era; Preface & Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One -- The Final Years of Sasanian Iran; Chapter Two -- The Arab Military Conquest of Iran; Chapter Three -- Transition from the Umayyad to the Abbasid Caliphate; Chapter Four -- The Consolidation of Islamic Rule; Chapter Five -- From Zoroastrian to Muslim: The Conversion of Iran; Chapter Six -- Contraction of the Zoroastrian Community. Chapter Seven -- Shia Islam: Redefining a National IdentityChapter Eight -- Emasculation of the Zoroastrians in the Safavid Era; Chapter Nine -- The Qajar Dynasty: Further Denigration of the Zoroastrians; Chapter Ten -- The Pahlavi Dynasty: An Era of Religious Tolerance for the Zoroastrians; Chapter Eleven -- From Religious Tolerance to Islamic Revolution; CODA; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
The conquest of Sasanian Iran by the Arabs, newly galvanized by Islam, brought to a close Zoroastrian Iran which would henceforth become an integral part of the Islamic world. This book examines the transformation of the country and its impact on the diminished Zoroastrian community; and investigates Zoroastrian-Muslim relations in Iran, from the early post-conquest era to the present time.
Islam--Iran. Zoroastrianism. Religion and sociology. Political science. Economic history. Social history. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture