The period from the Arab invasion to the Saljuqs / edited bty R.N. Frye.
Author
- Frye, Richard N. (Richard Nelson) 1920-2014.
Series
- The Cambridge history of Iran ; v. 4
- Cambridge history of Iran ; v. 4.
Published
- Cambridge : University Press ©1975
Physical description
xiii, 733 pages, 13 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN
- 0521200938
- 9780521200936
Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 667-697).
- Illus. incl. 25 (4 col.) plates, plans and maps.
Contents
- The Arab conquest of Iran and its aftermath / Abd al-Husain Zarrinkub -- The Abbasid Caliphate in Iran / Roy Mottahedeh -- The Tahirids and Saffarids / R.N. Frye -- The Samanids / R.N. Frye -- The early Ghaznavids / C.B. Bosworth -- The minor dynasties of Northern Iran / W. Madelung -- Iran under the Buyids / Heribert Busse -- Tribes, cities, and social organization / Claude Cahen -- The visual arts / Oleg Grabar -- Numismatics / G.C. Miles -- The exact sciences / E.S. Kennedy -- The life sciences, alchemy and medicine / S.H. Nasr -- Philosophy and cosmology / S.H. Nasr -- Sufism / S.H. Nasr -- The religious sciences / S.H. Nasr and M. Mutahhari -- Sects and heresies / B.S. Amoretti -- Nasir-I Khusrau and Iranian Ismailism / Henry Corbin -- Zoroastrian literature after the Muslim conquest / J. de Menasce -- Arabic literature in Iran / Victor Danner -- The rise of the new Persian language / G. Lazard -- The Rubai in early Persian literature / L.P. Elwell-Sutton -- Umar Khayyam: astronomer, mathematician, and poet / J.A. Boyle.
Subject
Genre
- Bibliography
- History.
- Illustrated
- text
Language
- English
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