Thesiss

The Sasanian kings were Mazdeans, but their empire was home to many communities of different religions. It was the birthplace of Manichaeism, the syncretistic world religion of Mani who started his mission under the rule of Shab uhr I (242–270 CE). It was where the Babylonian Ta…

Remarks have often been made, with regard to shakwa (complaint) as a poetic theme, in modem studies concerning literature during the Abbisid period.

This dissertation explores the presence of Christians in late sixth and early seventh century Mecca and Yathrib/Medina, from 565 to 625 C.E. These were the cities in which Muhammad lived and preached the message of Islam, and although the pre-Islamic polytheism of these cities h…