The Persian presence in the Islamic world / edited by Richard G. Hovannisian and Georges Sabagh.
The Persian presence in the Islamic world / edited by Richard G. Hovannisian and Georges Sabagh.
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Cambridge, UK : New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N303.4821767/3
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English
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xi, 267 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
The Persian presence in the Islamic world / Ehsan Yarshater -- Persian scientists in the Islamic world: astronomy from Maragha to Samarqand / George Saliba -- The west-eastern divan: the influence of Persian poetry in east and west / Annemarie Schimmel -- Ideas of time in Persian mysticism / Gerhard...
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Cambridge, UK : New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
Professor Yarshater also challenges some traditional assumptions and recent claims about the "Islamization of Persia" or "Persianization of Islam." In the chapters which follow, six distinguished scholars consider the historical, cultural, and religious aspects of the Persian presence in Islamic civilization....
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The Persian presence in the Islamic world / edited by Richard G. Hovannisian and Georges Sabagh.
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Giorgio Levi Della Vida conferences ; 13.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N303.4821767/3
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74VM4XJQEMLy
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0521591856 (hb)
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303.48217671055
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991001446879702626