@article{437088,
      author = {Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh. and Stewart, Sarah},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/437088},
      title = {The rise of Islam /},
      publisher = {I.B. Tauris in association with the London Middle East  Institute at SOAS and the British Museum ;},
      abstract = {"The latest volume in the successful series The Idea of  Iran addresses the impact made by Islam during and after  the Arab conquest of Iran in the middle of the seventh  century. How and why, once Iran had embraced the new  religion, did it manage to retain its Persian language and  distinctive Iranian identity once Muslim governance took  hold? This conundrum, alongside other important questions,  is addressed by the book, which includes seven  distinguished contributions from leading scholars.  Discussing a large variety of subjects which covers the  whole spectrum of life in early Islamic Iran, the volume  offers one of the most ambitious perspectives on Persian  religion, society and culture to be published to date. It  will be consulted by all students of Iranian history, and  will be regarded as essential reading for scholars of  Islam, the Middle East and medieval religion alike." --Book  Jacket.},
      recid = {437088},
      pages = {114 p. :},
      address = {London ;},
      year = {2009},
}