Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 1 THE ARAB CONQUEST OF IRAN AND ITS AFTERMATH
- 2 THE ‘ABBĀSID CALIPHATE IN IRAN
- 3 THE ṬĀHIRIDS AND ṢAFFĀRIDS
- 4 The SĀMĀNIDS
- 5 THE EARLY GHAZNAVIDS
- 6 THE MINOR DYNASTIES OF NORTHERN IRAN
- 7 IRAN UNDER THE BŪYIDS
- 8 TRIBES, CITIES AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
- 9 THE VISUAL ARTS
- 10 NUMISMATICS
- 11 THE EXACT SCIENCES
- 12 LIFE SCIENCES, ALCHEMY AND MEDICINE
- 13(a) PHILOSOPHY AND COSMOLOGY
- (b) SŪFISM
- 14 THE RELIGIOUS SCIENCES
- 15 SECTS AND HERESIES
- 16 NĀSIR-I KHUSRAU AND IRANIAN ISMĀ‘ĪLĪSM
- 17 ZOROASTRIAN LITERATURE AFTER THE MUSLIM CONQUEST
- 18 ARABIC LITERATURE IN IRAN
- 19 THE RISE OF THE NEW PERSIAN LANGUAGE
- 20 (a) THE “RUBĀ'Ī” IN EARLY PERSIAN LITERATURE
- (b) ‘UMAR KHAYYĀM: ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN AND POET
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate section
- Plate section">
- Map 1. Iran under the Abbasids">
- Frontmatter
- 1 THE ARAB CONQUEST OF IRAN AND ITS AFTERMATH
- 2 THE ‘ABBĀSID CALIPHATE IN IRAN
- 3 THE ṬĀHIRIDS AND ṢAFFĀRIDS
- 4 The SĀMĀNIDS
- 5 THE EARLY GHAZNAVIDS
- 6 THE MINOR DYNASTIES OF NORTHERN IRAN
- 7 IRAN UNDER THE BŪYIDS
- 8 TRIBES, CITIES AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
- 9 THE VISUAL ARTS
- 10 NUMISMATICS
- 11 THE EXACT SCIENCES
- 12 LIFE SCIENCES, ALCHEMY AND MEDICINE
- 13(a) PHILOSOPHY AND COSMOLOGY
- (b) SŪFISM
- 14 THE RELIGIOUS SCIENCES
- 15 SECTS AND HERESIES
- 16 NĀSIR-I KHUSRAU AND IRANIAN ISMĀ‘ĪLĪSM
- 17 ZOROASTRIAN LITERATURE AFTER THE MUSLIM CONQUEST
- 18 ARABIC LITERATURE IN IRAN
- 19 THE RISE OF THE NEW PERSIAN LANGUAGE
- 20 (a) THE “RUBĀ'Ī” IN EARLY PERSIAN LITERATURE
- (b) ‘UMAR KHAYYĀM: ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN AND POET
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate section
- Plate section">
- Map 1. Iran under the Abbasids">
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Cambridge History of Iran , pp. i - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1975