Scott Savran. Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative: Memory and Identity Construction in Islamic Historiography, 750–1050 (New York: Routledge, 2018). Pp. 248. $140.00 cloth. ISBN 9780415749688.
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DOI: 10.1017/rms.2019.35
Abstract: In Arabs and Iranians in the Islamic Conquest Narrative, Scott Savran explores how Muslim historians, writing primarily during the period 750–1050 in both Arabic and Persian, came to terms with and gave meaning to the… read more here.
Keywords: arabs iranians; iranians islamic; historiography; identity ... See more keywords
Denying the Islamic conquest of Iberia: A historiographical fraud
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DOI: 10.1080/17546559.2019.1601753
Abstract: ABSTRACT The origins of al-Andalus have been traditionally a highly controversial issue in Spanish historical writing, mainly because of ideological reasons. The most fanciful version of this historical process was formulated by Ignacio Olagüe, an… read more here.
Keywords: islamic conquest; conquest; denying islamic; historiographical fraud ... See more keywords