Iran in the early Islamic period : politics, culture, administration and public life between the Arab and the Seljuk conquests, 633-1055 /

: This book presents a translation of Bertold Spuler's groundbreaking work on the transformation of Iran from a Persian Zoroastrian Empire to a province of the Arab Muslim Empire to a land divided by a number of Persian and Turkish kingdoms.
: Editor's preface and acknowledgements -- Selective post-1952 bibliography -- Author's preface and acknowledgements -- General maps -- 1. Chronological overview of political history -- 2. The religious situation -- 3. The ethnic situation -- 4. Intellectual and cultural life -- 5. The administration of Persia -- 6. The legal situation -- 7. The social and economic situation -- Specialised maps -- Bibliography: Primary sources ; Secondary sources -- Indices. : 1 online resource (xxviii, 617 pages) : maps. : Includes bibliographical references (p. [526]-579)and indexes. : 9789004282094 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.