Iran in the Early Islamic Period

Robert G. Hoyland is professor of Middle East history at NYUs Institute for Study of the Ancient World and Oxford’s Oriental Institute. He has published a number of books and articles on the Middle East in the late antique and early Islamic periods, including Seeing Islam as Others saw it (Princeton, 1997) and Arabia and the Arabs (London, 2001).

“Spuler's 1952 German work remains a crucial study of Iran in the Early Islamic Period. […] …excellent translation of a difficult German text […] …a treasure trove of data now available to a wider audience. Summing Up: Essential. Graduate student, faculty, specialists.“ - T. M. May, in: CHOICE vol. 52 no. 10 (June 2015) [DOI: 10.5860/CHOICE.190201. Copyright 2015 American Library Association]