The nativist prophets of early Islamic Iran : rural revolt and local Zoroastrianism / Patricia Crone.

This learned and engaging study casts new light on the nature of religion in pre-Islamic Iran.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Crone, Patricia, 1945-2015 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I. The Revolts: 2. The Jibal: Sunbadh, the Muslimiyya
  • 3. Azerbaijan: Babak
  • 4. Khurasan: Muhammira, Khidashiyya, Rawandiyya, Harithiyya
  • 5. Sogdia and Turkestan: Ishaq
  • 6. Sogdia: al-Muqanna and the Mubayyida
  • 7. South-eastern Iran: Bihafaridh, ustadhsis, and Yusuf al-Barm
  • 8. The nature of the revolts
  • 9. The aftermath
  • Part II. The Religion: 10. God, cosmology, and eschatology
  • 11. Divine indwelling
  • 12. Reincarnation
  • 13. Ethos, organisation, overall character
  • 14. Khurrami beliefs in pre-Islamic sources
  • 15. Regional and official Zoroastrianism: doctrines
  • 16. Regional and official Zoroastrianism on the ground
  • Part III. Women and Property: 17. 'Wife-sharing'
  • 18. The Mazdakite utopia and after
  • Part IV. Conclusion: 19. Iranian religion versus Islam and inside it
  • Appendices.