IRANIAN CULTURE FROM ARAB CONQ. TO THE SAFAVIDS

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1 Syllabus IRANIAN CULTURE FROM ARAB CONQ. TO THE SAFAVIDS Last update HU Credits: 4 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: Dept. of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Academic year: 0 Semester: 2nd Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Dr Julia Rubanovich Coordinator Rubanovich.Julia@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Tuesday 12:20-13:00 Teaching Staff: Dr. Rubanovich Julia page 1 / 7

2 Course/Module description: The course deals with a range of socio-cultural and religious issues which are pivotal to understanding the culture of the Greater Iran during the period between the Arab conquest (7th-8th c.) and the establishment of the Safavid rule (early 16th c.). Course/Module aims: To outline the major cultural problems of the Iranian areal by means of discussing primary sources (in translation) dealing the the chosen problem and secondary scholarly literature. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: To demonstrate the good knowledge of main characteristics of Iranian cultural history. Attendance requirements(%): 100% Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Frontal teaching (including powerpoint presentations) combined with class discussion on the basis of the assigned reading material Course/Module Content: Topic 1: Introduction. What is the Iranian areal? Political entity vs. historical-cultural entity. Main geographical, ethnic and linguistic characteristics of the Iranian areal. Topic 2: The "Beginning" and the Great Iranian empires before Islam (the Acheamenids, the Arsacids, the Sasanians). What is Zoroastrianism? Topis 3: The Arab conquest and the establishment of the Muslim government in Iran. Processes of Islamization and the status of Zoroastrians. How did Iran succeed in keeping its cultural specificity? Firdausi' Shah-nama. Topic 4: Emergence of local Persian dynasties -the Tahirids, the Saffarids, the Buyis and the Sasanians - a political sketch. Topic 5: The contribution of Iranian cultural traditions to Islamic concepts and institutions. Development of Neo-Persian language. page 2 / 7

3 Topic 6: Turkic dynasties' rule over Iran - the Ghaznavids, the Seljuqs, the Mongol conquest, the Ilkhans: a political sketch. Topic 7: Key cultural figures under the Turkic dynasties. The emergence of Turco- Iranian culture. Topic 8: The Timurids. Their emergence, key figures, art. Topic 9: Religious situation under the Turkic/Mongol rule till the Safavids. Isma'iliyya. The Shi'a. The emergence and development of Sufic orders. Topic 10: The rise of the Safavids. The Shi'a. Required Reading: Topic 1: Introduction. What is the Iranian areal? Political entity vs. historical-cultural entity. Main geographical, ethnic and linguistic characteristics of the Iranian areal. Maps Topic 2: The "Beginning" and the Great Iranian empires before Islam (the Acheamenids, the Arsacids, the Sasanians). What is Zoroastrianism? 1) Frye, Richard N. The Heritage of Persia. London: Weidenfeld&Nicolson, 1962, pp ) Brosius, Maria. The Persians: An Introduction. London&New York: Routledge, 2006, pp. 6-32; ; ) ש' שקד, "ספר המלכים ורקעו", בתוך פרדוסי. שאה-נאמה. ספר המלכים. תרגם אליעזר כגן (ירושלים: מוסד ביאליק תשנ"ג/ 1992 ), כרך 1, עמ' כה- כט. PK] 1992] K34 H Topis 3: The Arab conquest and the establishment of the Muslim government in Iran. Processes of Islamization and the status of Zoroastrians. How did Iran succeed in keeping its cultural specificity? Firdausi' Shah-nama. 1) כאהן, קלוד. האיסלאם. מלידתו על תחילת האימפריה העות'מאנית. תל-אביב: דביר, 1995, פרק,3 עמ' ; DS] [I861 C ) Morgan, David. Medieval Persia London&New York: Longman, 1988, page 3 / 7

4 pp [RR DS 288 M67] 3)A.$. Zarr+nkkb, The Arab Conquest of Iran and its Aftermath in R.N. Frye (ed.) The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol. 4: The Period from the Arab Invasion to the Saljuqs (London: Cambridge University Press, 1975), pp ) ש' שקד, "ספר המלכים ורקעו", בתוך פרדוסי. שאה-נאמה. ספר המלכים, כרך 1, עמ' כא כה; נ נב. *** 5) Abolqasem Ferdowsi. Shahnameh. The Persian Book of Kings. Tr. by Dick Davis (New York: Viking, 2006), pp [PK 6456 A13 D this source will be discussed in detail in class Topic 4: Emergence of local Persian dynasties -the Tahirids, the Saffarids, the Buyis and the Sasanians - a political sketch. (1 ק' כאהן, האיסלאם. פרק,17 עמ' ; ) Frye, R.N. The Smnids in R.N. Frye (ed.) The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975, vol. 4, ch. 4, pp Topic 5: The contribution of Iranian cultural traditions to Islamic concepts and institutions. Development of Neo-Persian language. 1) Foltz, Richard C. Spirituality in the Land of the Noble. How Iran Shaped the World's Religions. Oxford: Oneworld, 2004, pp [RR BL 2270 F ]. 2) Yarshater, Ehsan. The Persian Presence in the Islamic World in R.G. Hovannisian and G. Sabagh (eds.) The Persian Presence in the Islamic World. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, pp [RR DS 266 P478] 3) Stern, S.M. Yaqkb the Coppersmith and Persian National Sentiment in C.E. Bosworth (ed.) Iran and Islam. In Memory of the Late Vladimir Minorsky (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1971), pp [DS 266 I73] 4) Richter-Bernburg, L. Linguistic Shukb+ya and Early Neo-Persian Prose. Journal of the American Oriental Society 94/1 (1974), pp Topoc 6: Turkic dynasties' rule over Iran - the Ghaznavids, the Seljuqs, the Mongol conquest, the Ilkhans: a political sketch. 1) P.D. Golden, Turks and Iranians: An historical sketch, in Turkic-Iranian Contact Areas. Historical and Linguistic Aspects. Ed. L. Johanson and Sh. Bulut (Wiesbaden: page 4 / 7

5 Harrassowitz, 2006), pp ) D. Morgan, Medieval Persia (London&New York: Longman, 1988), pp ; 25-33; ) M. Gronke. Iran. A Short History from Islamization to the Present. Trans. by S. Rendall (Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2008), pp *** 4) The Book of Government or Rules for Kings. The Siysat-nma or Siyar al- Mulkk of Nim al-mulk. Tr. by H. Darke (London: Routledge&Kegan Paul), pp the source will be discussed in detail in class. Topic 7: Key cultural figures under the Turkic dynasties. The emergence of Turco- Iranian culture. 1) H. Bowen. - [C.E. Bosworth], Nim al-mulk, EI2 VIII (1995), pp ) D. Morgan, Medieval Persia , pp ; ) *** The Book of Government or Rules for Kings. The Siysat-nma or Siyar al- Mulkk of Niz#m al-mulk, pp ; 32-42; ; the source will be discussed in detail in class. 4) Lane, Jovayni, Al¾ al-din, Encyclopaedia Iranica 5) D.O. Morgan, Rash+d al-d+n lab+b, EI2 VIII (1995), pp ) Ch. Melville, Jme al-tawar+5, Encyclopaedia Iranica XIV (2008), pp ; גם: tawarik-al-jame/articles/org.iranicaonline.www//:http 7) A.K.S. Lambton, Justice in the Medieval Persian Theory of Kingship, in her Theory and Practice in Medieval Persian Government (London: Variorum Reprints, 1980), pp ) R. Davis, Sa'd+, EI2 VIII (1995), pp ) ***The Gulistan, or Rose Garden of Sa'di. Tr. Rehatsek, E.; ed. with a preface by W.G. Archer; introduction by G.M. Wickens (London, 1964). the source will be discussed in detail in class. 10) A.K.S. Lambton, Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia. Aspects of Administrative, Economic and Social History, 11th-14th Century (London: I.B. Tauris), pp Topic 8: The Timurids. Their emergence, key figures, art. 1) D. Morgan, Medieval Persia , pp ) M.E. Subtelny, Timurids in Transition. Turco-Persian Politics and Acculturation in Medieval Iran (Leiden&Boston: Brill, 2007), pp , ) ***S.C. Levi and R. Sela (eds.) Islamic Central Asia. An Anthology of Historical Sources (Bloomington&Indianopolis: Indiana University Press, 2010), pp page 5 / 7

6 (Ruy Gonzales de Clavijo: A Spanish Embassy to Timur's Capital). The source will be discussed in detail in class. 4) ***S.C. Levi and R. Sela (eds.) Islamic Central Asia. An Anthology of Historical Sources, pp (Nava'i: A Comparison between Persian and Turkic).The source will be discussed in detail in class. Topic 9: Religious situation under the Turkic/Mongol rule till the Safavids. Isma'iliyya. The Shi'a. The emergence and development of Sufic orders. 1) נ' לבציון, הכיתות באסלאם, בתוך פרקים בתולדות הערבים והאסלאם. בעריכת חוה לצרוס-פיה (תל-אביב: רשפים, תשכז/ 1967 ), עמ' , , :גם 34-37; pp. 2) F. Daftary, $asan babb%, Encyclopaedia Iranica XII (2004), 3) ***S.C. Levi and R. Sela (eds.) Islamic Central Asia. An Anthology of Historical Sources, pp (25: Juvayni: The Il-Khan Hleg Captures the Castles of the Heretics.The source will be discussed in detail in class. 4) ח' לצרוס-יפה, חסידות ומיסטיקה, בתוך פרקים בתולדות הערבים והאסלאם. בעריכת חוה לצרוס- יפה (תל-אביב: רשפים, תשכ"ז/ 1967 ), עמ' ) *** ש' סבירי, הסופים. אנתולוגיה (תל-אביב: אוניברסיטת תל-אביב, 2008), עמ' 50-47, 40-19, ;57-53 ;75,100-99,102 מס',113,4 מס' ;17 ; ; ; ; ; ; ; The source will be discussed in detail in class. 6) M. Axworthy, A History of Iran. Empire of the Mind (New York: Basic Books, 2008), pp ) *** מבחר משיריו של עמר-י ח'יאם וחאפט'. The source will be discussed in detail in class. Topic 10: The rise of the Safavids. The Shi'a. 1) D. Morgan, Medieval Persia (London&New York: Longman, 1988), pp. 107, 113; ) A. Bausani, The Drama of Karbala and Redemptive Suffering in his Religion in Iran. From Zoroaster to Baha'ullah. Trans. by J.M. Marchesi (New York: Bibliotheca Persica Press, 2000), pp Additional None Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 80 % Presentation 0 % page 6 / 7

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