Iranian Festivals and Political Discourse under the Abbasids

Celebrations of the two main festivals of the Iranian calendar, Nawrūz and Mihraǧān, are part of the general phenomenon of presence of Iranian strands in social and political culture of the Abbasid centuries. Through a critical approach to the sources, the author verifies the assumption that Iran...

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Main Author: Borroni, Massimiliano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2015-06-01
Series:Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.14277/2385-3042/15p