Khodadad Rezakhani
Biographic Data
| ID | 1434666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Khodadad Rezakhani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Khodadad |
| FAMILY NAME | Rezakhani |
| SIGNATURE | REZAKHANI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Freie Universität Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5718-5104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Brill’s Companion to War in the Ancient Iranian Empires
Persians: The Age of the Great Kings, written by Lloyd Llwellyn-Jones
Navigating Persian. The Travels and Tribulations of Middle Iranian Languages
The Kushan Empire
Rika Gyselen. « Pārs (224-421): Les ateliers monétaires »
In this article, Rika Gyselen considers the uneven appearance of mint marks on the Sasanian coins from Ardashir I to Yazdgerd I. Her proposal is that considering the importance of Pars as a centre of Sasanian power, and the location of most of their early inscriptions and reliefs, we must assume that the province also was home to Sasanian coin workshops. As such, through a study of the locations of Sasanian reliefs and inscriptions, and by consid…
Yousef Moradi, Almut Hintze. “A New Sealing of Pērōz from Takt-e Solaymān and Its Historical Context”
This article, focusing on the fragment (ca. a quarter) of a remaining seal impression from Takht-e Solaymān, proposes to reconstruct the material, historical, and ritual context of the seal from which it originated. By comparing the seal’s inscription with other known royal sealings, the authors propose the seal to belong to Pērōz (459-484) and proceed to reconstruct the missing part of the sealing, its iconography, and its inscription. Further c…
Nils Purwins. “The Noble Ones of Ērānšahr: Rank Titles and a Comparison with the Imperium Romanum”
This article sets out to draw the divisions of Sasanian society in the sixth century through a study of its titles, particularly the titles of the nobility. It provides a dataset of rank titles in the Sasanian world. Positing that the rank systems of the two empires must have been close in correspondence, the article proposes a structure based on the Roman/Byzantine system under Justinian to study the rank titles, and their social placement, in t…
From the Kushans to the Western Turks
The Sasanian Empire
Notes on the Pahlavi Archives I: Finding *Haspīn-raz and the Geography of the Tabarestan Archive
Decolonizar a historiografia medieval: Introdução à ‘História da Historiografia Medieval - Novas Abordagens
Nesta introdução, que apresenta o dossiê da revista História da Historiografia dedicado à Historiografia Medieval, buscamos problematizar o modo como a escrita da história na Idade Média foi conceituada pela sensibilidade histórica ocidental. Desde o século XVIII, com o surgimento do "regime de historicidade moderno" (HARTOG), a historiografia medieval tendeu a ser tratada como anacrônica, fantasiosa, desconcertantemente não confiável, se não ess…
Miirosan to Khurasan: Huns, Alkhans and the Creation of East Iran
Khurasan emerged in the medieval Islamic world, particularly after the ‘Abbasid Revolution’ of 750, as one of the major centres of power and influence in the domains of the Abbasid Caliphate. While most studies consider this from the point of view of Islamic history, the roots of the rise of this region goes back to the late antique period. This article studies the emergence of the region throughout the first millennium by considering the history…
ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity
A narrative history of Central Asia after the Greek dynasties and before Islam Central Asia is commonly imagined as the marginal land on the periphery of Chinese and Middle Eastern civilisations. At best, it is understood as a series of disconnected areas that served as stop-overs along the Silk Road. However, in the mediaeval period, this region rose to prominence and importance as one of the centres of Persian-Islamic culture, from the Seljuks …
Michael Morony, An Academic Biography
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From the “Cleavage” of Central Asia to Greater Khurasan: History and Historiography of Late Antique East Iran
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From Oxus to Euphrates: The World of Late Antique Iran
For a long time, Sasanian studies were mainly cultivated by linguists and historians of religion, and the only standard work on the history of the Sasanian Empire was Arthur Christensen's L'Iran sous les Sassanides (Copenhagen 1936; second revised and expanded edition 1944). Only in recent years, Christensen's authority was challenged: Several new syntheses eventually allowed Late antique scholars to better understand the history and the structur…
Mazdakism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism: In Search of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in Late Antique Iran
This paper argues that the designation of heterodoxy for the socio-religious movements of late antique Iran such as Mazdakism is a misnomer. It suggests that the designation of Mazdakism and similar movements as heterodoxies is in fact the product of an early Islamic assessment of post-Sasanian Zoroastrian attempts to create a Zoroastrian orthodoxy which did not exist under Sasanian rule. Pressured by the Abrahamic religions surrounding them, the…
Markets for Land, Labour and Capital in Late Antique Iraq, AD 200-700
Lack of direct evidence on the functioning of factor markets in Sasanian/Late Antique Iraq makes it difficult to present a clear picture of the production side of economy during this period. However, relying on the Talmudic evidence, as well as what is mentioned in the Mādayān ī Hezār Dādestān ( mhd ), this article aims to provide an idea of factor markets during the Sasanian period, as well as demonstrating the areas where further evidence and r…
From human niche construction to imperial power: Long-term trends in ancient Iranian water systems
The Road That Never Was: The Silk Road and Trans-Eurasian Exchange
The Silk Road is commonly used as a convenient blanket term to describe the many trade routes and points of contact that criss-crossed Central Asia. The term is generally overused, to the point that everything in the history of the region is conceptualized within the confines of the Silk Road(s). By reading Greco-Roman and particularly Chinese sources on the contacts between the eastern and western termini of the Eurasian continent, this article …
The Road That Never Was: The Silk Road and Trans-Eurasian Exchange
The Silk Road is commonly used as a convenient blanket term to describe the many trade routes and points of contact that criss-crossed Central Asia. The term is generally overused, to the point that everything in the history of the region is conceptualized within the confines of the Silk Road(s). By reading Greco-Roman and particularly Chinese sources on the contacts between the eastern and western termini of the Eurasian continent, this article …
ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity
A narrative history of Central Asia after the Greek dynasties and before Islam Central Asia is commonly imagined as the marginal land on the periphery of Chinese and Middle Eastern civilisations. At best, it is understood as a series of disconnected areas that served as stop-overs along the Silk Road. However, in the mediaeval period, this region rose to prominence and importance as one of the centres of Persian-Islamic culture, from the Seljuks …
From human niche construction to imperial power: Long-term trends in ancient Iranian water systems
Mazdakism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism: In Search of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in Late Antique Iran
This paper argues that the designation of heterodoxy for the socio-religious movements of late antique Iran such as Mazdakism is a misnomer. It suggests that the designation of Mazdakism and similar movements as heterodoxies is in fact the product of an early Islamic assessment of post-Sasanian Zoroastrian attempts to create a Zoroastrian orthodoxy which did not exist under Sasanian rule. Pressured by the Abrahamic religions surrounding them, the…
From Oxus to Euphrates: The World of Late Antique Iran
For a long time, Sasanian studies were mainly cultivated by linguists and historians of religion, and the only standard work on the history of the Sasanian Empire was Arthur Christensen's L'Iran sous les Sassanides (Copenhagen 1936; second revised and expanded edition 1944). Only in recent years, Christensen's authority was challenged: Several new syntheses eventually allowed Late antique scholars to better understand the history and the structur…
The Road That Never Was: The Silk Road and Trans-Eurasian Exchange
The Silk Road is commonly used as a convenient blanket term to describe the many trade routes and points of contact that criss-crossed Central Asia. The term is generally overused, to the point that everything in the history of the region is conceptualized within the confines of the Silk Road(s). By reading Greco-Roman and particularly Chinese sources on the contacts between the eastern and western termini of the Eurasian continent, this article …
From human niche construction to imperial power: Long-term trends in ancient Iranian water systems
Mazdakism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism: In Search of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy in Late Antique Iran
This paper argues that the designation of heterodoxy for the socio-religious movements of late antique Iran such as Mazdakism is a misnomer. It suggests that the designation of Mazdakism and similar movements as heterodoxies is in fact the product of an early Islamic assessment of post-Sasanian Zoroastrian attempts to create a Zoroastrian orthodoxy which did not exist under Sasanian rule. Pressured by the Abrahamic religions surrounding them, the…
Markets for Land, Labour and Capital in Late Antique Iraq, AD 200-700
Lack of direct evidence on the functioning of factor markets in Sasanian/Late Antique Iraq makes it difficult to present a clear picture of the production side of economy during this period. However, relying on the Talmudic evidence, as well as what is mentioned in the Mādayān ī Hezār Dādestān ( mhd ), this article aims to provide an idea of factor markets during the Sasanian period, as well as demonstrating the areas where further evidence and r…
Michael Morony, An Academic Biography
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
From the “Cleavage” of Central Asia to Greater Khurasan: History and Historiography of Late Antique East Iran
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
From Oxus to Euphrates: The World of Late Antique Iran
For a long time, Sasanian studies were mainly cultivated by linguists and historians of religion, and the only standard work on the history of the Sasanian Empire was Arthur Christensen's L'Iran sous les Sassanides (Copenhagen 1936; second revised and expanded edition 1944). Only in recent years, Christensen's authority was challenged: Several new syntheses eventually allowed Late antique scholars to better understand the history and the structur…
ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity
A narrative history of Central Asia after the Greek dynasties and before Islam Central Asia is commonly imagined as the marginal land on the periphery of Chinese and Middle Eastern civilisations. At best, it is understood as a series of disconnected areas that served as stop-overs along the Silk Road. However, in the mediaeval period, this region rose to prominence and importance as one of the centres of Persian-Islamic culture, from the Seljuks …
Miirosan to Khurasan: Huns, Alkhans and the Creation of East Iran
Khurasan emerged in the medieval Islamic world, particularly after the ‘Abbasid Revolution’ of 750, as one of the major centres of power and influence in the domains of the Abbasid Caliphate. While most studies consider this from the point of view of Islamic history, the roots of the rise of this region goes back to the late antique period. This article studies the emergence of the region throughout the first millennium by considering the history…
Notes on the Pahlavi Archives I: Finding *Haspīn-raz and the Geography of the Tabarestan Archive
Decolonizar a historiografia medieval: Introdução à ‘História da Historiografia Medieval - Novas Abordagens
Nesta introdução, que apresenta o dossiê da revista História da Historiografia dedicado à Historiografia Medieval, buscamos problematizar o modo como a escrita da história na Idade Média foi conceituada pela sensibilidade histórica ocidental. Desde o século XVIII, com o surgimento do "regime de historicidade moderno" (HARTOG), a historiografia medieval tendeu a ser tratada como anacrônica, fantasiosa, desconcertantemente não confiável, se não ess…
Rika Gyselen. « Pārs (224-421): Les ateliers monétaires »
In this article, Rika Gyselen considers the uneven appearance of mint marks on the Sasanian coins from Ardashir I to Yazdgerd I. Her proposal is that considering the importance of Pars as a centre of Sasanian power, and the location of most of their early inscriptions and reliefs, we must assume that the province also was home to Sasanian coin workshops. As such, through a study of the locations of Sasanian reliefs and inscriptions, and by consid…
Yousef Moradi, Almut Hintze. “A New Sealing of Pērōz from Takt-e Solaymān and Its Historical Context”
This article, focusing on the fragment (ca. a quarter) of a remaining seal impression from Takht-e Solaymān, proposes to reconstruct the material, historical, and ritual context of the seal from which it originated. By comparing the seal’s inscription with other known royal sealings, the authors propose the seal to belong to Pērōz (459-484) and proceed to reconstruct the missing part of the sealing, its iconography, and its inscription. Further c…
Nils Purwins. “The Noble Ones of Ērānšahr: Rank Titles and a Comparison with the Imperium Romanum”
This article sets out to draw the divisions of Sasanian society in the sixth century through a study of its titles, particularly the titles of the nobility. It provides a dataset of rank titles in the Sasanian world. Positing that the rank systems of the two empires must have been close in correspondence, the article proposes a structure based on the Roman/Byzantine system under Justinian to study the rank titles, and their social placement, in t…
From the Kushans to the Western Turks
The Sasanian Empire
The Kushan Empire
Brill’s Companion to War in the Ancient Iranian Empires
Persians: The Age of the Great Kings, written by Lloyd Llwellyn-Jones
Navigating Persian. The Travels and Tribulations of Middle Iranian Languages
Eurasian Exchange Networks (17 works) · History (16 works) · Ancient history (12 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (8 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · History (7 works) · Ancient Near East History (6 works)