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The 'History of the Kings of the Persians' in Three Arabic Chronicles: The Transmission of the Iranian Past from Late Antiquity to Early Islam - Translated Texts for Historians Lup
The 'History of the Kings of the Persians' in Three Arabic Chronicles: The Transmission of the Iranian Past from Late Antiquity to Early Islam - Translated Texts for Historians Lup
By translating the sections on pre-Islamic Persia in three Muslim Arabic chronicles how knowledge about ancient Iran was transmitted to Muslim historians, in what forms it circulated and how it was shaped and refashioned for the new Perso-Muslim elite that served the early Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad.
224 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 31, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9781786941466 |
Publishers | Liverpool University Press |
Pages | 224 |
Dimensions | 216 × 154 × 17 mm · 372 g |
Translator | Hoyland, Robert G. |