03546cam a2200601Ia 4500 ocn854520300 OCoLC 20200709055855.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130727s2013 nyu o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ YDXCP N$T 9780773443952 (electronic bk.) 0773443959 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)854520300 600800 (N$T) HC21 HM876 POL 038000 bisacsh SOC 002010 bisacsh SOC 022000 bisacsh 306.60955 22 N$TA Writer, Rashna. The reshaping of Iran from Zoroastrian to Muslim [electronic resource] : a history of cultural transformation / Rashna Writer. Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2013. 1 online resource (526 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. Description based on print version record. Islam Iran. Zoroastrianism. Religion and sociology. Political science. Economic history. Social history. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Writer, Rashna. Reshaping of Iran from Zoroastrian to Muslim. Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2013 9780773444928 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1224027 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=600800 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1224027 YBP Library Services YANK 10866230 EBSCOhost EBSC 600800 cpp3089 02 N$T 53453 53453