Though zoroastrianism was never, even in the thinking of its founder, as insistently monotheistic as, for instance, judaism or islam, it does represent an original attempt at unifying under the worship of one supreme god a polytheistic religion comparable to those of. The muslim conquest of persia, also known as the arab conquest of iran, led to the fall of the sasanian empire of iran persia in 651 and the eventual decline of the zoroastrian religion. The first persian empire was shaped by a different religion. The muslim conquest of persia on 29, dec 2014 in books, islamic history by abu aaminah following the publication of khalid ibn waleed sword of allah, there has been a huge revival in readers interest for books dealing with early islamic history. Sibawayh, a nonnative speaker of arabic, wrote the first book on arabic grammar, a lkitab fi anna. Iran s constitution recognizes islam, christianity, judaism, and zoroastrianism persia s main pre islamic faith as protected belief systems. The safavid conversion of iran to shia islam was a process that took place roughly over the 16th through 18th centuries and turned iran, which previously had a sunni majority, into the spiritual bastion of shia islam. The islamic conquest of persia 633656 and the end of the sassanid empire was a turning point in iranian history. I found that the book was the strongest telling the story of iran prior to the 20th century, but this current period is also covered, in fact there is a epilog that brings things up to 2009 in. Drawing on historical and archaeological evidence, this fascinating documentary by dr.
I second quora users opinion and highly recommend the cambridge history of iran series. Please read the history of persia correctly before you write things like this. Paul halsall this page is a subset of texts derived from the three major online sourcebooks. I ranib ook is the first and best iranian online bookshop, supply, and great source of persian farsi books. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Abd allah ibn sina, born 980, near bukhara, iran now in uzbekistandied 1037, hamadan, iran, muslim physician, the most famous and influential of the philosopherscientists of the medieval islamic world.
Persia was the fountain of tasawwuf that extended the boundaries of islam after the mongoltartar deluge. All aspect of the religious, philosophical, political, economic, scientific and artistic elements in iranian civilisation are studies, with some emphasis on geographical and ecological factors which have. As a general rule we do not censor any content on the site. The rise and fall of an empire paperback apr 15 20. The best books on iranian history 1 khomeinism by ervand abrahamian. This book translates the sections on preislamic persia in three muslim arabic chronicles, those of ahmad alyaqubi d. The fall of the roman empire and the rise of islam books the. The problem is that this is an acknowledged fact amongst academics and very few people are going anything about it because it expands the scope dramatically and introduces an entire new range of problematic source material. Molavi has a keen and nuanced view of iran, and his book introduces the general reader not only to iran s contemporary history and the struggles of its people, but to the texture of the culture. A historical book, detailing the openings or liberations of key islamic cities in the glorious history of islam. Iran had been a monarchy ruled by a shah, or emperor, almost without interruption from 1501 until the 1979 islamic revolution, when iran officially became an islamic republic on 1 april 1979. Persians followed the koran, the holy book of islam.
The rise of muslims coincided with an unprecedented political, social, economic, and military weakness in persia. Alexander the great had destroid the entire empire. The only content we will consider removing is spam, slanderous attacks on other members, or extremely offensive content eg. Caldecotts urgings and turn to the east, we find scant evidence of forced conversion in the whole thousandyearlong history of islamic expansion across the east indies. Coates ulrichsen demonstrates how wartime exigencies shaped the parameters of the modern middle east.
This book fills an important gap in the englishlanguage history of late antiquity. A captivating guide to the barbarians of iranian origins and how these ancient tribes fought against the roman empire, goths, huns, and persians. The blood of flowers by anita amirrezvani, the persian expedition by xenophon, persian fire. The muslim conquest of persia 637651 led to the end of the sasanian empire and the eventual decline of the zoroastrian religion in iran persia. The cambridge history of iran is an eightvolume survey of iranian history and culture, and its contribution to the civilisation of the world. History of iran urdu book by aslam lodhi ebook pdf free download history of iran by aslam lodhi in urdu is a thorough account of the muslim country.
Although shias have lived in iran since the earliest days of islam, the writers of the four books of shia ahadith were iranians of the presafavid era and there was one shia dynasty in part of iran during the tenth and eleventh centuries, according to mortaza motahhari the majority of iranian scholars and masses remained sunni till the time of the safavids. On the other hand, iranians have maintained certain pre islamic traditions, including their language and culture, and adapted them with islamic codes. It was a long process by which islam, though long rejected, was gradually accepted by the majority of the population. Named after the persian prophet zoroaster also known as zarathustra.
A womans journey from her fathers harem through the islamic. They cost a lot though in both ebook and hardcopy formats. The iranian revolution past, present and future glittering achievements, the sassanid empire was characterised by extreme oppression of the downtrodden masses. Though the work is narratively beautiful, the poems original purpose was to ensure that persian history.
Shia are another branch which developed in persia, due to influence of its tolerant past which was zoroastrian after the islamic conquest not before. The title, persepolis, refers to the ancient capital of the persian empire. A persia timeline showing major events in the ancient history of the empire of persia modern iran from 3400 bce to 64142. The shahnameh contains 62 stories, told in 990 chapters with 50,000 rhyming couplets. It also ensured the dominance of the twelver sect within shiism over the zaidiyyah and sects of ismailism each of whom had previously experienced their own eras of. The messianic bahai faith, on the other hand, has been persecuted since its founder, the bab, was executed in tabriz in 1850. Ancient history persian empire documentary youtube. With regards to persia, muslim histories further recount that at the beginning of the seventh year of. Like the epic poetry of greece and scandinavia, the text explores creation myths, tragic love stories, and great wars. The greatest arabic linguist and grammarian in history was in fact persian. That saw the overthrow of the shah, the autocratic. Many people think of persia as synonymous with islam, though islam only became the dominant religion in the persian empire after the arab conquests of the seventh century. A beginners introduction to the islamic civilization. A captivating guide to the history of persia, starting from the ancient achaemenid, parthian, and sassanian empires to the safavid, afsharid, and qajar dynasties.
Resistance front of islamic iran yadollah habibi, general secretary. History of iran in 5 minutes 3200 bce 20 ce youtube. The muslim conquest of persia, also known as the arab invasion of iran, led to the fall of the. Persia was not even close to be as big as it was during the achaemenid empire, when the muslims attackt. I found that the book was the strongest telling the story of iran prior to the 20th century, but this current period is also covered, in fact there is a epilog that brings things up to 2009 in this 2016 edition of the book. History of iran simple english wikipedia, the free. A history of the islamic republic 01 by axworthy, michael isbn. Written in modern persian, the shahnameh is a work of poetry, historiography, folklore. The best books on iranian history five books expert. The first world war in the middle east is an accessibly written military and social history of the clash of world empires in the dardanelles, egypt and palestine, mesopotamia, persia and the caucasus. Nevertheless, for the iranian world the advent of islam meant not liberation but defeat and conquest by an alien people. Breaking with muslim tradition, she became an independent woman and found. Makkah, iraq, almadain, alsham, jerusalem, egypt, alexandria, persia, iraq 2, khurasaan, north africa, cyprus, constantinople and andalusia. Indeed, persia was the land where the soul of islam was rediscovered.
This book is filled with an immense amount of historical information in regards to iran and the countrys history. Romes collapse inspired many gripping tales, from gibbons history to dune and battlestar galactica. This monumental work was central in setting the standard for explaining arabic grammar, especially to nonarab converts to islam. Journal of the royal asiatic society of great britain and ireland. They already converted and their history books, its doubtful, teach them their real past. Safavid conversion of iran to shia islam wikipedia. All the historical records show that truely iran was the hotbed for most of the turbulence in the islamic history, be it the khurramiah, the khawarij, the hashshasheen, the qaramitah, and all kind of corrupted groups including the worshippers of the 12.
Iran remained a country of sheer importance in all the era of the world and that is the reason its history is quite fascinating and intriguing. Robert irwins top 10 books on islam and islamic culture. The geography of the persian landmass makes it a central piece on the chessboard of the asian landmass. With the spread of islam in the midseventh century, the persianspeaking world became predominantly muslim although vestiges of the earlier preislamic. National anthems can be officially recognized as a national song by a countrys constitution or by an enacted law, or simply by tradition. The islamization of iran occurred as a result of the muslim conquest of persia. Farzin rezaeian reconstructs 7,000 years of iranian history. Most of the surviving historical works produced in the persianspeaking world are from the islamic period 651present.
The shahnameh is a long epic poem written by the persian poet ferdowsi between c. However, the achievements of the previous persian civilizations were not lost, but were to a great extent absorbed by the new islamic polity. It tells mainly the mythical and to some extent the historical past of the persian empire from the creation of the. It is divided into three partsthe mythical, heroic, and historical ages. Nothing more fully illustrates the confidence of the small community, as its military power.
History a thousand years of the persian book exhibitions. The current grim plight of such communities reveals more about the ugliness of the present age than about islamic tradition. The subtitle empire of the mind denotes some emphasis on cultural aspects of iran, as well as the history of the country and the various dynasties who have ruled the area that was once referred to as persia. The opinion has actually swung around now to include persia as an integral part of mediterranean civilization. Here is the best place for presenting rare, old, new and precious titles to buy them through the earth biggest persian online bookstore. Shahnameh tells the legendary stories of pre islamic iran. The book was remarkable in its expanse of history, as well as personal.