The a history of cultural transformation Writer, Rashna. creator text Electronic books. nyu Lewiston The Edwin Mellen Press 2013 monographic eng

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1 online resource (526 pages) 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. 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. Rashna Writer. 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 HC21 HM876 306.60955 Writer, Rashna. Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2013 9780773443952 (electronic bk.) 0773443959 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1224027 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=600800 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1224027 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=600800 EBLCP 130727 20200709055855.0 ocn854520300 eng