Savant, Sarah Bowen.

The new Muslims of post-conquest Iran : tradition, memory, and conversion / [electronic resource] Sarah Bowen Savant, Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations. - 1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prior connections to islam -- MuḼammad's Persian companion, Salman al-Farisi -- Finding meaning in the past -- Reforming Iranians' memories of pre-Islamic times -- The unhappy prophet -- Asserting the end of the past.

9781107290112 (e-book)


Islam--History.--Iran
Conversion--Islam--History.


Electronic books.

BP63.I68 / S28 2013

297.0955