Social Change in Early Medieval Iran 132-628 Ah (750-1231 Ad): The Perspectives of Persian Historiography

This study contributes to the history of social changes in Iran during the Abbasid Caliphate (AH 132-656, AD 750-1258) by foregrounding the perspective of Persian language historians - from Abu Ali Bal’ami (AH 363, AD 974), the first known Persian historian, to Atamelak Joveyni (AH 623-681, AD 1226-1283), the great historian of the Mongol Era.

Maryam Kamali is a lecturer at Fairfield University and the author of The Mongol Invasions and the Collapse of Khw.razm in the Journal of Persianate Studies, as well as other publications on medieval Iran.