Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran Contributor(s): Pourshariati, Parvaneh (Author) |
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ISBN: 1784537470 ISBN-13: 9781784537470 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2017 Click for more in this series: International Library of Iranian Studies |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - History - History | Middle East - Iran - History | Civilization |
Dewey: 935.07 |
Series: International Library of Iranian Studies |
Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" L (1.63 lbs) 552 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
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Publisher Description: I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation It proposes a convincing contemporary answer answer to an ages-old mystery and conundrum: why, in the seventh century CE, did the seemingly powerful and secure Sasanian empire of Persia succumb so quickly and disastrously to the all-conquering Arab armies of Islam? Offering an impressive appraisal of the Sasanians' nemesis at the hands of the Arab forces which scythed all before them, the author suggests a bold solution to the enigma. On the face of it, the collapse of the Sasanians - given their strength and imperial power in the earlier part of the century - looks startling and inexplicable. But Professor Pourshariati explains their fall in terms of an earlier corrosion and decline, and as a result of their own internal weaknesses. The decentralised dynastic system of the Sasanian empire, whose backbone was a Sasanian-Parthian alliance, contained the seeds of its own destruction. This confederacy soon became unstable, and its degeneration sealed the fate of a doomed dynasty. |
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