Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Preface 9
4. Introduction 11
5. Author’s Notes 39
6. Part I The Formation of Iranian Authority under the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate
7. Introduction 43
8. 1 The Formation of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate. 45
9. 2 Establishment of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate 63
10. 3 Split in the ʿAbbāsid Political Structure 81
11. Part II The Structure of Iranian Dynasties. From Dependence to Independence
12. Introduction 101
13. 4 The Rule of the Tāherids in the Shadow of the ʿAbbāsid Caliphate 103
14. 5 The Structure of the Sāmānid Government. Moving in the Direction of Cultural Independence 113
15. 6 The Saffārid Dynasty . A Power outside the ʿAbbāsid Structure 129
16. 7 The ʿAlawites of Tabarestān, the First Shiʿite Dynasty in Iran 141
17. 8 The Buyid Dynasty . A Turning Point in Iran’s Social Change 151
18. Part III The Rise of Soltānates in the Power Structure
19. Introduction 173
20. 9 The Formation of the Ghaznavid Soltānate 175
21. 10 The Saljuq Dynasty . The First Islamic Empire in Iran 209
22. 11 The Khwārazmshāhi Dynasty: Emerging from the Saljuq Structure 235
23. Conclusion 255
24. Bibliography 263
25. Index 275