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A literary history of Persia

Browne, Edward Granville, 1862-1926.

Year: 1997.

Publisher: Iranbooks.

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Frontmatter

Preface

Book I. On the Origins and General History of the People, Languages, and Literatures of Persia

I. Introductory

II. The Discovery and Interpretation of the Inscriptions and Documents of Ancient Persia, with other Philological Matter

III. The Pre-Muhammadan Literature of the Persias, with some account of their Legendary History, as set forth in the Book of the Kings

Book II. On the History of Persia from the Rise of the Sasanian to the Fall of the Umayyad Dynasty (A.D. 226-750.)

IV. The Sasanian Period (A.D. 226-652)

V. The Arab Invasion

VI. The Umayyad Period (A.D. 661-749)

Book III. On the Early Abbasid Period, or Golden Age of Islam

VII. General Characteristics of the Golden Age of Islam (A.D. 749-847) from the Accession of As-saffah to the Death of Al-Wathiq

VIII. The Developments of Religion and Philosophy in the Golden Age of Islam

IX. The Great Persian Heresiarchs of this Period

Book IV On the First Period of the Decline of the Caliphate, from the Accession of Al-Muta Wakkil to the Accession of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna

X. The General Phenomena of the First Period of the Decline of the Caliphate (A.D. 847-1000), from the Accession of Al-Mutawakkil to the Accession of Mahmud of Ghazna

XI The State of Muslim Literature and Science at the Beginning of the Ghaznawi Period

XII Religious Movements of this Period, I.The Isma'ilis and Carmathians, or the "Sect of the Seven"

XIII Religious Movements of this Period, II. The Sufi Mysticism

XIV The Literature of Persia During this Period

Bibliography

Index

reviews

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Title:

A literary history of Persia : by Edward G. Browne ; new introduction by J.T.P. de Bruijn.

Author:

Browne, Edward Granville, 1862-1926

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A literary history of Persia : by Edward G. Browne ; new introduction by J.T.P. de Bruijn.
Browne, Edward Granville, 1862-1926
Bethesda, Md.: Iranbooks, 1997.

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Subject Headings:

• Persian literature -- History and criticism

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• Originally published: 1902.
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