The Tarikh-i Sistani, was written between 1277 and 1281 by an unknown author. It includes information on the Saffarid dynasty, the development of Persian poetry [1] and is a principal primary source for the region of Sistan from the ninth to the thirteenth century. [2]
The people of Sistan were the first to embrace Islam, [3] following the surrender of the Sassanid margrave Aparvi i Rostam to the Muslim commander Al-Rabi b. Ziyad. [4] The Muslim saint, Hasan of Basra, designed Sistan's mihrab and the pulpit of its Friday mosque. [5]
The Tarikh-i Sistani records the initial development of Persian poetry, by quoting verses taken from Zoroastrians at Karkuy in Sistan. [6] Other verses quoted include those by the Saffarid Ya'qub's secretary Muhammad ibn Vasif. [7] Following the Saffarid Ya'qub's victory at Herat and Pushang, poets eulogized him in Arabic verse. Ya'qub unable to understand Arabic asked Muhammad ibn Vasif to have the verses written in Persian. [8] Also included is a reference to the romance story of a local Sistani hero, told in the Bakhtiyar-nameh. [9]
The Tarikh-i Sistani contains a full account of the Kharijite revolt. [10]
Under the Saffarid ruler, Tahir b. Muhammad, Sistan suffered from a distinct economic decline. [11] Consequently, from the 11th to the 13th century, Sistan was subjected to epidemics, floods and famine which further damaged its economic conditions. [12]
A continuation of the Tarikh-i Sistan is the Ehya al-Moluk which ends c.1650(1028 A.H.). [13]
- ^ "Persian Prose Literature." World Eras. 2002. HighBeam Research. (September 10, 2012). [1]
- ^ Paul Wheatley, The Places Where Men Pray Together: Cities in Islamic Lands, Seventh through the Tenth Centuries, (University of Chicago Press, 2001), 444, n23.
- ^ Sistan, Zoroastrianism and Islam- A Socio-Historical Background, Dr. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi, World Religions and Islam: A Critical Study, Part 1, Ed. Dr. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi, (Sarup and Sons, 2003), 137
- ^ Jamsheed Kairshasp Choksy, Conflict and Cooperation: Zoroastrian Subalterns and Muslim Elites in Medieval Iranian Society, (Columbia University Press, 1997), 24-25.
- ^ Sulaimān ʻAlī Murād, Early Islam Between Myth and History:: Al-hasan Al-basri, (Brill, 2006), 24.
- ^ Persian Literature(Belles-Lettres) from the Earliest Times to the Time of Jami, George Morrison, History of Persian Literature: From the Beginning of the Islamic Period to the Present Day, Ed. G. Morrison, (E.J. Brill, 1981), 15.
- ^ Persian Literature(Belles-Lettres) from the Earliest Times to the Time of Jami, George Morrison, 15-16.
- ^ The Tahirids and Saffarids, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol.4, Ed. R. N. Frye, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), 129.
- ^ Peter Christensen, The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East 500 B.C. to A.D. 1500, (Museum Tusculanum Press, 1993), 27.
- ^ M. S. Asimov, The Historical, Social and Economic Setting, (Motilal Banarsidass, 1999), 44 n4.
- ^ Peter Christensen, The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East 500 B.C. to A.D. 1500, (Museum Tusculanum Press, 1993), 237.
- ^ Peter Christensen, The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East 500 B.C. to A.D. 1500, 237.
- ^ Wind and Watermills in Iran and Afghanistan, Michael Harverson, Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, ed.Richard Tapper; Keith Mclachlan, (Frank Cass, 2003), 108. – via Questia (subscription required)
The Tarikh-i Sistani, was written between 1277 and 1281 by an unknown author. It includes information on the Saffarid dynasty, the development of Persian poetry [1] and is a principal primary source for the region of Sistan from the ninth to the thirteenth century. [2]
The people of Sistan were the first to embrace Islam, [3] following the surrender of the Sassanid margrave Aparvi i Rostam to the Muslim commander Al-Rabi b. Ziyad. [4] The Muslim saint, Hasan of Basra, designed Sistan's mihrab and the pulpit of its Friday mosque. [5]
The Tarikh-i Sistani records the initial development of Persian poetry, by quoting verses taken from Zoroastrians at Karkuy in Sistan. [6] Other verses quoted include those by the Saffarid Ya'qub's secretary Muhammad ibn Vasif. [7] Following the Saffarid Ya'qub's victory at Herat and Pushang, poets eulogized him in Arabic verse. Ya'qub unable to understand Arabic asked Muhammad ibn Vasif to have the verses written in Persian. [8] Also included is a reference to the romance story of a local Sistani hero, told in the Bakhtiyar-nameh. [9]
The Tarikh-i Sistani contains a full account of the Kharijite revolt. [10]
Under the Saffarid ruler, Tahir b. Muhammad, Sistan suffered from a distinct economic decline. [11] Consequently, from the 11th to the 13th century, Sistan was subjected to epidemics, floods and famine which further damaged its economic conditions. [12]
A continuation of the Tarikh-i Sistan is the Ehya al-Moluk which ends c.1650(1028 A.H.). [13]
- ^ "Persian Prose Literature." World Eras. 2002. HighBeam Research. (September 10, 2012). [1]
- ^ Paul Wheatley, The Places Where Men Pray Together: Cities in Islamic Lands, Seventh through the Tenth Centuries, (University of Chicago Press, 2001), 444, n23.
- ^ Sistan, Zoroastrianism and Islam- A Socio-Historical Background, Dr. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi, World Religions and Islam: A Critical Study, Part 1, Ed. Dr. Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi, (Sarup and Sons, 2003), 137
- ^ Jamsheed Kairshasp Choksy, Conflict and Cooperation: Zoroastrian Subalterns and Muslim Elites in Medieval Iranian Society, (Columbia University Press, 1997), 24-25.
- ^ Sulaimān ʻAlī Murād, Early Islam Between Myth and History:: Al-hasan Al-basri, (Brill, 2006), 24.
- ^ Persian Literature(Belles-Lettres) from the Earliest Times to the Time of Jami, George Morrison, History of Persian Literature: From the Beginning of the Islamic Period to the Present Day, Ed. G. Morrison, (E.J. Brill, 1981), 15.
- ^ Persian Literature(Belles-Lettres) from the Earliest Times to the Time of Jami, George Morrison, 15-16.
- ^ The Tahirids and Saffarids, C.E. Bosworth, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol.4, Ed. R. N. Frye, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), 129.
- ^ Peter Christensen, The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East 500 B.C. to A.D. 1500, (Museum Tusculanum Press, 1993), 27.
- ^ M. S. Asimov, The Historical, Social and Economic Setting, (Motilal Banarsidass, 1999), 44 n4.
- ^ Peter Christensen, The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East 500 B.C. to A.D. 1500, (Museum Tusculanum Press, 1993), 237.
- ^ Peter Christensen, The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East 500 B.C. to A.D. 1500, 237.
- ^ Wind and Watermills in Iran and Afghanistan, Michael Harverson, Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, ed.Richard Tapper; Keith Mclachlan, (Frank Cass, 2003), 108. – via Questia (subscription required)