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Author

• Shahram Jalilian

Assistant Professor, Department of History Shahid Chamran University

Abstract

One of the main historical sources of Islamic Period which provides valuable information about the history of ancient Iran, specially the history of Sasanians, as well as the history of Islam up to the death of the caliph Motasem (d. 227 A.H), is Abū Ḥanīfa Aḥmad b. Dāwūd b. Wanand Dīnavarī’s (d. 282 A.H/ 895 AD) Aķbār Al-Ţewāl “The book of the long historical narratives.” Some of the researchers believe that Dīnavarī has written Aķbār Al-Ţewāl from an Iranian viewpoint and trend and with an Iranian nationalism, as he tries to report the events of the pre-Islamic history - the history of prophets from Adam onward, the history of Iranian kings, the history of Yemen and the history of Arabia- from the standpoint of the history of Iranian Empire; even in reporting the history of Islamic period, he shows his interest to the events of the Iranian world. Nevertheless, so far no specific research about Dīnavarī’s viewpoint which can be named as Abū Ḥanīfa Dīnavarī’s Iranism, is done. In this research I will attempt to investigate the signs and the reflection of Dīnavarī’s Iranism in Aķbār Al-Ţewāl.

Keywords

• Iranism
• Abū Ḥanīfa Dīnavarī
• Aķbār Al-Ţewāl
• Sasanians
• Omavies
• Abbasid