Legacy of Islam in early centuries in Iranian culture and society

In her book “The New Muslims of Post-Conquest Iran: Tradition, Memory, and Conversion,” Sarah Bowen Savant talks about Iran’s conversion to Islam in the ninth to eleventh centuries, focusing on the historical consciousness of Iranians at the time.

It emphasizes the importance of a shared history for groups and traces the remolding of Iranian history and identity in the light of Islam.

Through these interactions, Iranians developed a sense of Islam as an authentically Iranian religion, as they simultaneously shaped the broader historiographic tradition in Arabic and Persian.