Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative: Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography,...

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Scott Savran (Virginia Tech University, USA)

Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative

Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography, 750–1050

Scott Savran (Virginia Tech University, USA)

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Routledge
12 December 2019

Regional studies; Historiography; Middle Eastern history; Medieval history

Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East

Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative analyzes how early Muslim historians merged the pre-Islamic histories of the Arab and Iranian peoples into a didactic narrative culminating with the Arab conquest of Iran.

This book provides an in-depth examination of Islamic historical accounts of the encounters between representatives of these two peoples that took place in the centuries prior to the coming of Islam. By doing this, it uncovers anachronistic projections of dynamic identity and political discourses within the contemporaneous Islamic world. It shows how the formulaic placement of such embellishment within the context of the narrative served to justify the Arabs’ rise to power, whilst also explaining the fall of the Iranian Sasanian empire. The objective of this book is not simply to mine Islamic historical chronicles for the factual data they contain about the pre-Islamic period, but rather to understand how the authors of these works thought about this era.

By investigating the intersection between early Islamic memory, identity construction, and power discourses, this book will benefit researchers and students of Islamic history and literature and Middle Eastern Studies.

By: Scott Savran (Virginia Tech University USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367869311
ISBN 10: 0367869314
Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 12 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Scott Savran obtained his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 2011. Dr Savran's research focuses on identity-based discourses in early Islamic historiography.