Revival of Iranian identity during the early Islamic centuries according to pre-Islamic cultural and artistic elements
During the first century A.H i.e. after the conquests of Muslim Arabs and their political supremacy over Iranian, particularly after the establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate, the matter of identity among Iranian was challenged. The transcendency and humiliating attitudes of Umayyad toward non-Arabs and Iranian peoples and descended of the status and social position of non- Arab people to the second grade citizen and “mavali”, was so in contrast with the rich cultural Iranian past. These circumstances persuaded Iranian to revive their cultural identity on the basis of their pre-Islamic cultural heritage. At first and during the first century A.H, this matter was appeared in the form of taking pride to Iranian descent in Arabic poems of Iranian poets, but gradually it appeared itself in the form of “Shu‘ubiyya movement” which was built according to the opinion of equality between Arabs and non- Arab peoples and as extremist, Iranian supremacy over Arab peoples. By establishment of semi-independent Iranian dynasties such as Tahirid, Saffarid and specially samanid, attempting for revival of Iranian identity turned to be more formal. Iranian tried to defend from their cultural past and classical motherland against humilities executed by using pre-Islamic mortal and immortal matters that its presence is clearly visible in architecture, pottery, metal work, literature, poems and translation movement during early Islamic centuries. In this article the authors attempt to examine the process of revival of iranian identity early Islamic centuries according to pre-Islamic Iranian heritage, their aspects and consequences in political, social and artistic environment.
- حق عضویت دریافتی صرف حمایت از نشریات عضو و نگهداری، تکمیل و توسعه مگیران میشود.
- پرداخت حق اشتراک و دانلود مقالات اجازه بازنشر آن در سایر رسانههای چاپی و دیجیتال را به کاربر نمیدهد.