The Persian Presence In The Islamic World
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Author | : Richard G. Hovannisian |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1998-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521591850 |
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The thirteenth volume based on the Giorgio Levi Della Vida conference reassesses the role of the Iranian peoples in the development and consolidation of Islamic civilization. In his key essay, Ehsan Yarshater casts fresh light on that role challenging the view that, after reaching a climax in Baghdad in the ninth century, Islamic culture entered a period of decline. In fact, he maintains, a new and remarkably creative phase began in Khurasan and Transoxania, symbolized by the adoption of Persian as a medium of literary expression. By the mid-sixteenth century, Persian literary and intellectual paradigms had spread from Anatolia to India, encompassing the greater part of the Islamic world. Yarshater also challenges traditional assumptions about the 'Islamization of Persia'. In the essays which follow, six distinguished scholars consider the historical, cultural, and religious aspects of the Persian presence in the Islamic world.
Author | : Robert L. Canfield |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2002-04-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521522915 |
Download Turko-Persia in Historical Perspective Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The first book-length study to examine Turko-Persian culture as an entity.
Author | : Andrew Rippin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Download World Islam Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Reflecting the diversity of Islam, this collection focuses on the presence of Muslims in countries outside the traditionally conceived heartlands of the Islamic world. The history of the arrival of Islam in such countries and the nature of the way in which Islam is practised in such places is the thematic focus of the materials selected for inclusion. Today, the community of Muslims around the globe looks to the Arab world (and Iran) as a source of identity and authority. While this is driven as much by finances as by religious ideology, it does create a sense of there being a central Islamic world and a 'diaspora' which can be separated and considered. This separation may also be considered a historical phenomenon: the core 'Islamic world' came into existence as a result of the early military expansion of the Arabs up to about 750CE; after that point, the spread of Islam occurred by different and more gradual means (often influenced by trade especially). Both of these ways of conceptualizing the region of interest results is a vast amount of territory in which to explore the special manifestations of Islam. Materials selected for inclusion in this Major Work provide general information on Islam rather than being overly specific. A number of aspects are considered: - the history of the introduction of Islam into the area; - the means by which Islam spread; - the attitude Muslims took to the surrounding culture; - the character of the Islam which resulted; - the sense of Muslim identity in the area; and - the issues which might have emerged as a result. The gathered material is grouped geographically with an attempt to include as many individual countries as possible within each area, while also paying attention to each of the above criteria. An initial selection of articles on 'world Islam'--the process and means of the spread of Islam in general and some consideration of what it means to talk about the presence of Islam in the world and a survey of the general diversity of characteristics of Islam--serves as an introductory section to the volumes. Additional groupings are geographical and include South Asia; South East Asia; Australia and islands of the Pacific; China; countries of the former Soviet Union; South Africa; East Africa; West Africa; Europe; North America; Central and South America.
Author | : A. C. S. Peacock |
Publisher | : I. B. Tauris |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781784532390 |
Download Medieval Central Asia and the Persianate World Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"This volume is based on discussions at a conference convened by the Institute of Iranian Studies at the University of St. Andrews in March 2013 under the title Eastern Iran and Transoxiana, 750-1150."--Page xii.
Author | : Peter Jackson |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 641 |
Release | : 2017-04-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300227280 |
Download The Mongols and the Islamic World Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
An epic historical consideration of the Mongol conquest of Western Asia and the spread of Islam during the years of non-Muslim rule The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirteenth century when Genghis Khan and his warriors overran Central Asia and devastated much of Iran. Distinguished historian Peter Jackson offers a fresh and fascinating consideration of the years of infidel Mongol rule in Western Asia, drawing from an impressive array of primary sources as well as modern studies to demonstrate how Islam not only survived the savagery of the conquest, but spread throughout the empire. This unmatched study goes beyond the well-documented Mongol campaigns of massacre and devastation to explore different aspects of an immense imperial event that encompassed what is now Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Afghanistan, as well as Central Asia and parts of eastern Europe. It examines in depth the cultural consequences for the incorporated Islamic lands, the Muslim experience of Mongol sovereignty, and the conquerors’ eventual conversion to Islam.
Author | : Nile Green |
Publisher | : University of California Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2019-04-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520300920 |
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At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Persian is one of the great lingua francas of world history. Yet despite its recognition as a shared language across the Islamic world and beyond, its scope, impact, and mechanisms remain underexplored. A world historical inquiry into pre-modern cosmopolitanism, The Persianate World traces the reach and limits of Persian as a Eurasian language in a comprehensive survey of its geographical, literary, and social frontiers. From Siberia to Southeast Asia, and between London and Beijing, this book shows how Persian gained, maintained, and finally surrendered its status to imperial and vernacular competitors. Fourteen essays trace Persian’s interactions with Bengali, Chinese, Turkic, Punjabi, and other languages to identify the forces that extended “Persographia,” the domain of written Persian. Spanning the ages expansion and contraction, The Persianate World offers a critical survey of both the supports and constraints of one of history’s key languages of global exchange.
Author | : John Victor Tolan |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691147051 |
Download Europe and the Islamic World Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
"In this ... book, three .. historians bring tio life the complex and tumultuous relations between Genoans and Tunisians, Alexandrians and the people of Constantinople, Catalans and Maghrebis - the myriad groups and individuals whose stories reflect the common cultural and religious heritage of Europe and Islam. Since the seventh century, when the armies of Constantinople and the Medina fought for control of Syria and Palestine, there has been ongoing contact between the Muslim world and the West. This sweeping history recounts the wars and the crusades, the alliances and diplomacy, commerce and the slave trade, technology transfers, and the intellectual and artistic exchanges. [Readers] are given an ... introduction to key periods and events, including the Muslim conquests, the collapse of the Byzantine Empire, the commercial revolution of the medieval Mediterranean, the intellectual and cultural achievements of Muslim Spain, the crusades and Spanish reconquista, the rise of the Ottomans and their conquest of a third of Europe, European colonization and decolonization, and the challenges and promises of this entwined legacy today. ..."--Jacket.
Author | : Francis Robinson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521669931 |
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Islamic peoples account for one fifth of the world's population and yet there is widespread misunderstanding in the West of what Islam really is. Francis Robinson and his team set out to address this, revealing the complex and sometimes contrary nature of Muslim culture. As well as taking on the issues uppermost in everyone's minds, such as the role of religious and political fundamentalism, they demonstrate the importance of commerce; literacy and learning; Islamic art; the effects of immigration, exodus, and conquest; and the roots of current crises in the Middle East, Bosnia, and the Gulf. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the interaction between Islam and the West, from the first Latin translations of the Quran to the fatwa on Salman Rushdie. This elegant book deliberately sets out to dismantle the Western impression of Islam as a monolithic world and replace it with a balanced view, from current issues of fundamentalism to its dynamic culture and art. Francis Robinson is the editor of two outstanding reference works: Atlas of the Islamic World Since 1500 (Cambridge, 1982) and The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India (1989).
Author | : Chiara Formichi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2020-05-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107106125 |
Download Islam and Asia Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
An accessible, transregional exploration of how Islam and Asia have shaped each other's histories, societies and cultures from the seventh century to today.
Author | : Sylwester Gardocki |
Publisher | : Studies in Politics, Security and Society |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : International relations |
ISBN | : 9783631785669 |
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The Islamic World comprises territories of Muslim states throughout the world. This area faces a lot of dilemmas regarding ethnic and religious conflicts as well as political and economic instability. The authors address the topic from the perspective of international security, foreign policy, economic and energy policy as well as regional studies.