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Ph.D in History, Tarbiat Moderes University, Tehran
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Assistan Professor, Tarbiat Moderes University, Tehran
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Professor of Political Sciences, University of Tehran
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Assistant Professor of Social Sciences, University of Tehran
Abstract
Arab conquest of Iran had conspicuous effects on Iranian identity and in some cases changed it radically. As a matter of fact, following this event some constitutive elements of Iranian identity such as “homeland/geography”, “Persian state”, and even more important one, i.e. “religion” -a crucial element of ancient Persian identity- suffered fundamental changes. Iranian confrontation with this identity crisis crystallized in different forms which might classify to three general categories: pro-Iranians, pro-Islamic Iranians, and Islamic-Iranians. In this paper we will enumerate the “pro-Islamic” group’s main characteristics and then, we will give an analytical survey of Abū Rayhān’s ideas about “identity” and will examine his “Islamic identity” according to his works.
Shajari Qasem Kheili,R. , Aghajari,S. H. , Ahmadi,H. and Shari’ati,S. (2011). Abū Rayhān-e Birunī and the Problem of Iranian Identity. Historical Studies, 1(1), 45-55.
MLA
Shajari Qasem Kheili,R. , , Aghajari,S. H. , , Ahmadi,H. , and Shari’ati,S. . "Abū Rayhān-e Birunī and the Problem of Iranian Identity", Historical Studies, 1, 1, 2011, 45-55.
HARVARD
Shajari Qasem Kheili R., Aghajari S. H., Ahmadi H., Shari’ati S. (2011). 'Abū Rayhān-e Birunī and the Problem of Iranian Identity', Historical Studies, 1(1), pp. 45-55.
CHICAGO
R. Shajari Qasem Kheili, S. H. Aghajari, H. Ahmadi and S. Shari’ati, "Abū Rayhān-e Birunī and the Problem of Iranian Identity," Historical Studies, 1 1 (2011): 45-55,
VANCOUVER
Shajari Qasem Kheili R., Aghajari S. H., Ahmadi H., Shari’ati S. Abū Rayhān-e Birunī and the Problem of Iranian Identity. Historical Studies, 2011; 1(1): 45-55.
