Isbn: 9781107188518 - non-muslim provinces under early islam: islamic rule and iranian legitimacy in armenia and caucasian albania (cambridge studies in islamic civilization) (4 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Eighth- and ninth-century Armenia and Caucasian Albania were largely Christian provinces of the then Islamic Caliphate. Although they formed a part of the Iranian cultural sphere, they are often omitted from studies of both Islamic and Iranian history. In this book, Alison Vacca uses Arabic and Armenian texts to explore these Christian provinces as part of the Caliphate, identifying elements of continuity from Sasanian to caliphal rule, and, more importantly, expounding on significant moments of change in the administration of the Marwanid and early Abbasid periods. Vacca examines historical narrative and the construction of a Sasanian cultural memory during the late ninth and tenth centuries to place the provinces into a broader context of Iranian rule. This book will be of benefit to historians of Islam, Iran and the Caucasus, but will also appeal to those studying themes of Iranian identity and Muslim-Christian relations in the Near East.…

Zustand: New. This book explores the Christian caliphal provinces of Armenia and Caucasian Albania as part of the larger Iranian cultural sphere. Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. . . 2017. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…