The Golden Age of Persia

by Richard N. Frye

• ISBN13: 9781842120118
• ISBN10: 1842120115
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Phoenix Press

Summary

The definitive history of the birth and development of the great age of Iranian civilization by the world authority on ancient Persian culture. "This book is excellently written and well-organized to present a sound but reflectively new study of Islam's penetration...into Iran."--Peter Avery, The Middle East Journal.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Foreword	xiv
Past, Present and Future	1	(6)
Sasanian Iran	7	(20)
Central Asia before the Arab Conquests	27	(27)
The Arab Conquests in Iran	54	(20)
The Islamic Conquest of Central Asia	74	(30)
The `Abbasids and Western Iran	104	(22)
Heresies and the Oecumene of Islam	126	(24)
Iranian Contributions to Islamic Culture	150	(25)
Arts and Crafts	175	(11)
The Iranian Dynasties	186	(27)
Turkish Ascendancy	213	(18)
The Heritage of the Arabs	231	(6)
Maps: Iran in the Seventh Century	237	(2)
Iran in the Tenth Century	238	(1)
Appendix 1 Persian Words in Arabic	239	(2)
Appendix 2 Tables	241	(4)
Caliphs	241	(1)
Minor Iranian Dynasties	241	(1)
Umaiyad Governors of Khurasan	242	(1)
Arab Tribal Alignments under the Umaiyads	243	(2)
Glossary of Terms	245	(3)
Notes	248	(20)
General Bibliography	268	(2)
Primary Sources	270	(2)
Index	272