Abteilung für Geschichte und Kultur des Vorderen Orients
Asien-Afrika-InstitutGeschichte und Kultur des Vorderen Orients
Online Lecture: "Conversion to Islam in Bukhara: Princes, Nobles, Merchants, Urban Poor, and Peasants"
4. Mai 2021
Foto: UHH/S. Heidemann
The second lecture of this semester's Lecture Series on the History and Culture will take place on May 04, 2021 from 1-3 p.m. CET / 4-6 p.m. Tashkent time. To register, please send an e-mail to Natalie Kontny (natalie.kontny@uni-hamburg.de).
In this lecture, Prof Aleksandr Naymark (Hofstra University) will deal with to topic of
"Conversion to Islam in Bukhara: Princes, Nobles, Merchants, Urban Poor, and Peasants."
From the abstract:
The conversion of the Bukharan Sogdians to Islam was a long process with different categories of population arriving to the new faith by different routes and at different times. Yet the most important events on this road took place within the 8th century, between the campaigns of Qutayba b. Muslim that started in 706 and the suppression of the revolt of al-Muqanna in 780 CE.
For further information on this lecture and the presenter, please refer to the Lecture Series' webpage.