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" Narrative and Iranian Identity in the New Persian Renaissance and the Later Perso-Islamicate World "
Conrad Justin Harter
Daryaee, Touraj
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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803945
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TL48754
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1794656154; 10117056
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Eklundh, Emmy
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Narrative and Iranian Identity in the New Persian Renaissance and the Later Perso-Islamicate World\ Conrad Justin HarterDaryaee, Touraj
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University of California, Irvine
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2016
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Ph.D.
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History
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2016
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258
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Committee members: Given, James B.; LeVine, Mark A.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-78459-5
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In tenth century Khurasan and Transoxania, at the frontier of the Iranian cultural world, mythical and historical narratives such as the <i>Shahnama </i> helped to shape and maintain a sense of group Iranian identity for the Samanids and other Iranian Islamic dynasties. The <i> Shahnama</i> can be considered what narrative theorist Margaret Somers terms an “ontological narrative.” These narratives helped Islamic dynasties such as the Samanids understand what it meant to be Iranian, and also became sources of identity for their Arab and Turkic neighbors. The term “Iran,” or “Iranshahr” as the empire of the Sasanians was known (224-651 CE), refers to a political unity which did not exist in the domains of the Samanids. How did such a concept, removed from its original geography, inform cultural identities? To what extent was the idea of “Iran” tied to a pre-Islamic geographical, political, and Zoroastrian religious concept, and how was it reinterpreted in a post-Abbasid world?
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Middle Eastern history; Islamic Studies
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Social sciences;Iran;Khurasan;Samanid;Shahnama;Tajiks;Transoxania
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Daryaee, Touraj
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HistoryUniversity of California, Irvine
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