Nativist Prophets Of Early Islamic Iran Rural Revolt And Local Zoroastrianism
\ Patricia Crone
New York
: Cambridge University Press
, 2012
xvii, 566 p.
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Index
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction;Part I. The Revolts: 2. The Jibal: Sunbadh, the 3. Azerbaijan: Babak; 4. Khurasan: Muhammira, Khidashiyya,Rawandiyya, Harithiyya; 5. and Turkestan: Ishaq; 6.Sogdia: al-Muqanna and the Mubayyida; 7. South-eastern Iran:Bihafaridh, ustadhsis, and Yusuf al-Barm; 8. The nature ofthe revolts; 9. The aftermath; Part II. The Religion: 10.God, cosmology, and eschatology; 11. Divine indwelling; 12.Reincarnation; 13. Ethos, organisation, overall character;14. 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; PartIV. Conclusion: 19. Iranian religion versus Islam and insideit; Appendices.