Ebook: The rise of Islam
- Tags: Iran -- History -- 640-1256, Islam -- Iran -- History, Iran -- Civilization, Iran -- Religious life and customs, HISTORY -- Middle East -- Iran, Civilization, Islam, Iran, Islam, Iran
- Series: Idea of Iran 4.
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: I.B. Tauris in association with the London Middle East Institute at SOAS and the British Museum
- City: Array
- Language: English
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"The latest volume in the successful series The Idea of Iran addresses the impact made by Islam during and after the Arab conquest of Iran in the middle of the seventh century. How and why, once Iran had embraced the new religion, did it manage to retain its Persian language and distinctive Iranian identity once Muslim governance took hold? This conundrum, alongside other important questions, is addressed by the Read more...