Table of Contents

Presentation of award Georges Sabagh; Introduction Amin Banani; 1. The Persian presence in the Islamic world Ehsan Yarshater; 2. Persian scientists in the Islamic world: astronomy from Maragha to Samarqand George Saliba; 3. The West-Eastern Divan: the influence of Persian poetry in East and West Annemarie Schimmel; 4. Ideas of time in Persian mysticism Gerhard Bowering; 5. Persian miniatures: illustrations or paintings Oleg Grabar; 6. The Persian contribution to Islamic historiography in the pre-Mongol period C. Edmund Bosworth; 7. The influence of Persian language and literature among the Turks Garhard Doerfer.

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Six distinguished scholars reassess the Persian contribution to the Islamic world.

Reviews

"...this volume establishes that Iran and its culture have had a deep, pervasive, and abiding influence on Islam, and through it reached such disparate regions as eastern Europe and India." Middle East Quarterly

"...this work features a prominent chapter by award recipient Ehsan Yarshater on Persian influences in the development of Islamic civilization." Middle East Journal

"What makes this volume unique is the consistently high level of outstanding scholarship throughout. It is a fitting tribute to Professor Yarshater." MESA Bulletin

"It is a masterly essay, deftly skirting the quicksands of excessive panegyric while touching significantly on every point of the Persian presence, recognized or mooted, and frequently pointing in a controversial or unexpected direction...Its specialist contributors...have given us a wealth of information, argument, and speculation; I learned a great deal, and can recommend this collection to fill several gaps in the eclectic Irano-Islamicist's library." Journal of the American Oriental Society, John R. Perry, University of Chicago