Persian islam history books

Empire of the mind covers 3,000 years of iranian history in less than 300 pages. Hodgson died before he could quite finish this massive cultural history of islam but, even so, it remains a great monument of learning. The first book contains four treatises, the first of which examines the four elements earth, air, fire, and water in light of greek physician galen of pergamums four humours blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Arguably the worlds first monotheistic faith, its one of the oldest religions still in. The 6th century was a propitious time for persian intervention in south arabia. What are some unbiased books about the origin and history of. Lev was born a jew but embraced islam and the orient affectionately. Islam is the second largest religion in the world after christianity, with about 1. Michael axworthys excellent 2008 a history of iran. The muslim conquest of persia, also known as the arab invasion of iran, led to the fall of the sasanian empire of iran in 651 and the eventual decline of the zoroastrian religion. Persian muslims are as much involved in the life of this thriving place as arab muslims. A history of nationalism in the middle east 9780773447790. It was for the sake of the quran and islam that books of philosophy, mysticism, history, medicine, mathematics, and law had been written or translated into this. Iran and the arabs before islam chapter 16 the cambridge.

One of the few english language guide books to iran currently on the market, lonely planet. Iran, now in a new and revised seventh edition, deserves to be in the luggage of any. Michael axworthy teaches at the institute of arab and islamic studies at the university of exeter uk. The religious works in the exhibition represent confessional and philosophical traditions of the various faiths practiced in the persian speaking world today. Discover muslim holy books, books about islam abebooks. However, persian speaking communities, which had for centuries prized persian calligraphy as a high art form, did not immediately adopt the printing press.

By 650 bce, the zoroastrian faith, a monotheistic religion founded on the ideas of the philosopher zoroaster, had become the official. From the persian heartland, islam spread to the subcontinent of indiapakistan and projected itself into the archipelago of malaysia and indonesia. The author of the sword of persia and revolutionary iran, axworthy publishes widely in the field of iranian history. The rise of muslims coincided with an unprecedented political, social, economic, and military weakness in persia.

From the midnineteenth century to the early twentieth century lithography became the preferred medium used to print persian books, since it could. Do you want to read books on islamic history and you are confused. He wrote books on islam and the life of mohammed, under the name essad bey. The big minds of persian did convert to islam and hence sunni islamic persia produced the biggest iranian minds of persias history.

Here is the best place for presenting rare, old, new and precious titles to buy them through the earth biggest persian online bookstore. I second quora users opinion and highly recommend the cambridge history of iran series. This is the largest iranian online library in both english and persian languages, with books on history, science, culture, philosophy, religion, iran and other subjects, banned by islamic republic of iran. For those interested in historical writings, the poetry of the persian scholar rumi 12071273 is collected and translated in coleman barkss the soul of rumi. During the long history of persian prose a very large number of books have been written in all branches of knowledge such as jurisprudence, commentary on the holy quran, scholastic theology, mysticism, philosophy, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, arts, ethics, tales and fables, and even such subjects as handicrafts. The range of mages publications on persian history is also long and goes from an sixteenpage fold out that covers the landmarks of persian history from ancient times to the arrival of the islamic republic of iran. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Apart from introducing a new religion into the country, it changed the nations culture, language, script and civilization beyond recognition. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Second of all, for a sunni muslim, who is supposed to be from the right religion, and follow the right path, you arent adressing your commentators with respect, and you mention shiism in a derogatory way. In this book, a preeminent scholar of turkish history vividly portrays 300 years of this distinctively eastern culture as it grew from a military principality to the worlds most powerful islamic state.

Robert irwins top 10 books on islam and islamic culture. May 15, 2015 i second quora users opinion and highly recommend the cambridge history of iran series. Here islam outgrows its arab roots and becomes an international religion. The persian miniature was the dominant influence on other islamic miniature traditions, principally the ottoman miniature in turkey, and the mughal miniature in the indian subcontinent. Shahnameh tells the legendary stories of preislamic iran. Aug 20, 2019 islam is the second largest religion in the world after christianity, with about 1. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. The advent of islam in the 7th century ad made a decisive change in the course of irans history. This iron age dynasty, sometimes called the achaemenid empire, was a global hub of culture, religion, science. Arabic was not seen as an alien language but the language of islam and thereby arabic was widely accepted as an academic and religious language and embraced in many parts of iran. Apr 12, 2011 first of all, thank you for your account of some aspects of persian history.

This beautifully produced atlas is one of the books influenced by hodgsons rethink of islamic culture. Sibawayh, a nonnative speaker of arabic, wrote the first book on arabic grammar, alkitab fi anna. Iranian historythe islamic conquest of iran wikibooks. The first persian empire, founded by cyrus the great around 550 b. Feb 17, 2004 robert irwins top 10 books on islam and islamic culture. Iranian historyayatollah khomeini and the islamic revolution. Avicennas penchant for categorizing becomes immediately evident in the canon, which is divided into five books. Although its roots go back further, scholars typically date the creation of islam to. I ranib ook is the first and best iranian online bookshop, supply, and great source of persian farsi books. Religion a thousand years of the persian book exhibitions. Hodgson an incredibly detailed and fascinating set of 3 books. Ferishtas history of dekkan from the first mahummedan conquests. In the sphere of architecture, persian influence on the buildings of the lakhmids, such as the palace of khawarnaq, must have been decisive, and persian models must have dominated the architecture of early islamic iraq. He paints a striking picture of the prominence of religion and warfare in everyday life.

Jun 10, 2010 drawing on field research in iran, as well as detailed analysis of both arabic and persian texts and new materials that have been published in iran in recent years, this is the first book in english to provide a history of persian sufifutuwwat, as such, this book is an important contribution to the study of persian sufism, and to the fields of. In this captivating history book, you will discover how important the sasanian empire was to history and how their legacy became an integral part of what we today think of as islamic culture. His approach is sensitive and generally evenhanded, reflecting an interest in iran that in places borders on reverence. Persian art under islam had never completely forbidden the human figure, and in the miniature tradition the depiction of figures, often in large numbers, is. Jan 08, 2020 ali m ansari is a professor of history at the university of st andrews specialising in the history of iran and author of several books including iran. Like the epic poetry of greece and scandinavia, the text explores creation myths, tragic love stories, and great wars. In a sense, iranian islam is a second advent of islam itself, a new islam sometimes referred to as islam i ajam. English a primer of persian, containing selections for reading and composition with the elements of syntax published 1907 read download.

Here is a list of famous books on islamic history and a little intro of the book to help you decide the book you may want to read. They cost a lot though in both ebook and hardcopy formats. By 1295, the ilkhanid mongol ghazan accepted islam and persia was back in the forefront of islamic life. Oct 09, 2014 the greatest arabic linguist and grammarian in history was in fact persian. A very short introduction oxford university press, 2014. This book examines the relationship between iranian nationalism and islam, especially shiism as the countrys adopted official religion by the founder of the safavid dynasty in 1501 a. A captivating guide to the barbarians of iranian origins and how these ancient tribes fought against the roman empire, goths, huns, and persians. The history of islam is extensive, and so any collection of islamic books should include several volumes that provide a variety of viewpoints. The first world empire and the battle for the west by tom holland, persepolis. Persian ecstatic islam more than met its challenges. 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.

Here the arabic and early persian languages coalesce to become, from the 10th century, what is now known as persian combining words from both sources and using the arabic script. This is one of the most comprehensive books on islamic history starting from jahiliya dark ages and covers till ottomon empire. This is an excellent work on preservation of islamic history and is a common point of reference. English a dictionary in persian and english, with the pronunciation of persian words in the roman character by ramdhun sen published 1841 read download. He even wrote a book on reza shah, originally published in german, during the nazis era in vienna. English, malay, urdu, arabic and bangla tareekh e islam history of islam. This monumental work was central in setting the standard for explaining arabic grammar, especially to nonarab converts to islam. The iranian revolution also known as the islamic revolution, persian. The politics of nationalism in modern iran cambridge university press, 2012. Just click on the title of the book to get the book for your reading. A captivating guide to the neo persian empire that ruled before the arab conquest of persia and the rise of islam, you will discover. It was this persian islam, rather than the original arab islam, that was brought to new areas and new peoples.