Zoroastrians in Early Islamic History

Accommodation and Memory

AvAndrew D. Magnusson

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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The second Muslim caliph, Umar ibn al-Khattab, once reportedly exclaimed, 'I do not know how to treat Zoroastrians!' He and other Muslims encountered Zoroastrians during the conquest of Arabia but struggled to formulate a consistent policy toward the adherents of a religion that was neither biblical nor polytheistic. Some Muslims saw Zoroastrians as pagans and sought to limit interaction with them. Others found ways to incorporate them within the empire of Islamic law. Andrew D. Magnusson describes the struggle between advocates of inclusion and exclusion, the ultimate accommodation of Zoroastrians, and the reasons that Muslim historians have subsequently buried the memory of this relationship.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-08-15
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:346 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474489539

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Andrew D. Magnusson is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Central Oklahoma.

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Andrew Magnusson provides an insightful narrative of the relationship between the Zoroastrian population of the former Sasanian Empire and that of the new Muslim Caliphate who became their master in the seventh century CE. He wonderfully demonstrates that the early Muslims position toward the Zoroastrians was much more nuanced and moves beyond the old binary of "tolerance" and "intolerance," in describing their relationship. Magnusson suggests that the early Muslims by necessity accommodated the Zoroastrian community by giving them their own space and privileges.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Zoroastrianism, Islam, and AccommodationMyth and Countermyth in Zoroastrian HistoriographyUmar’s Dilemma: The Taxation of People without a BookMarriage, Meat, and the Limits of AccommodationSalman’s Charter as a Site of MemoryFire Temple Desecration and Triumphal Tales of ViolenceRhetorical Zoroastrians in Early Islamic DiscourseConclusion: An Ambivalent AccommodationAppendix A—Translation of an Iranian Recension of Salman’s CharterAppendix B—Translation of an Indian Recension of Salman’s CharterBibliography