Elton L. Daniel
- ENCYCLOPAEDIA IRANICA
ENCYCLOPÆDIA IRANICA, an alphabetically arranged reference work which seeks to provide scholarly articles relating to “all aspects of Iranian life…
- KHORASAN vi. History in the Taherid and Samanid Periods
In the Taherid and Samanid periods, Khorasan became virtually synonymous with the Mašreq or “Islamic East,” stretching from Ray far into Central…
- KHORASAN v. History in the ʿAbbasid Period
The revolution that overthrew Omayyad rule and led to the establishment of the ʿAbbasid caliphate was incubated in Khorasan, and…
- HISTORIOGRAPHY i. INTRODUCTION
HISTORIOGRAPHY i. INTRODUCTION Historiography, literally, is the study not of history but of the writing of history. In modern usage,…
- ʿARAB iii. Arab settlements in Iran
ʿARAB iii. Arab Settlements in Iran Arab settlements in Iran proliferated after the wars of conquest that destroyed the Sasanian…
- TAHERIDS
TAHERIDS (Pers. Āl-e Ṭāher), name of a prominent family of the early Abbasid period and more particularly a line of…
- ṬABARI, ABU JAʿFAR MOḤAMMAD B. JARIR
ṬABARI, ABU JAʿFAR MOḤAMMAD B. JARIR (224-310/839-923), one of the most eminent Iranian scholars of the early Abbasid era, author…
- KETĀB AL-FOTUḤ
KETĀB AL-FOTUḤ (or Taʾriḵ al-fotuḥ), an important early Arabic historical text by Ebn Aʿṯam Kufi (d. 314/926?), which was translated,…
- CONVERSION ii. Of Iranians to Islam
CONVERSION ii. Of Iranians to Islam Iranians were among the very earliest converts to Islam, and their conversion in significant…
- ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ISLAM
ENCYCLOPAEDIAOF ISLAM, a reference work of fundamental importance on topics dealing, according to its self-description, with “the geography, ethnography and…
- HISTORIOGRAPHY iii. EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD
HISTORIOGRAPHY iii. EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD Introduction. It might well be questioned whether there is, strictly speaking, any “historiography of Persia…
- GOLESTĀN TREATY
GOLESTĀN TREATY (Treaty of Gulistan), agreement arranged under British auspices to end the Russo-Persian War of 1218-28/1804-13 (Figure 1). The…
