The Conquest of Tustar: Site of Memory, Site of Forgetting
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication (Name of Journal)
Violence in Early Islamic Thought
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
City
Edinburgh
Abstract
The military conquest of a hostile territory and its population is a paradigmaticform of violence and leaves deep imprints on the memories of the conquerorsand the vanquished alike. Examining these imprints and the ways in whichthey are manipulated by later narrators in specific historical cases can bring tolight the multiple functions that memories of violent conquest can serve. Aninteresting case study is provided by the Muslim conquest of the Iranian cityof Tustar.
Recommended Citation
Savant, S.
(2015). The Conquest of Tustar: Site of Memory, Site of Forgetting. Violence in Early Islamic Thought, 70-92.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/book_chapters/542
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