East Syrian Bishops, Elite Households, and Iranian Law after the Muslim Conquest

East Syrian Bishops, Elite Households, and Iranian Law after the Muslim ConquestIranian StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/LMLKG459/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Richard E.PayneEast Syrian Bishops, Elite Households, and Iranian Law after the Muslim Conquesthttp://syriaca.org/cbss/LMLKG459https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/LMLKG459https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/LMLKG459Iranian Studies48:120155-32This article is an exploration of the interconnected legal ties between Christians and Zoroastrians in the early Islamic era. Drawing from the writings of the Christian authors Ishobokt, Simeon, and Henanisho, Payne describes how East Syrian bishops appropriated laws of marriage, inheritance, and property from Iranian jurisprudential traditions as a means of transferring wealth intergenerationally and extending their judicial authority. Payne thus explores the ways in which the Christians of Iran were influenced by the Iranian legal system and culture and in the seventh century CE. Payne, Richard E. “East Syrian Bishops, Elite Households, and Iranian Law after the Muslim Conquest.” Iranian Studies 48:1 (2015): 5–32. Richard E. Payne, East Syrian Bishops, Elite Households, and Iranian Law after the Muslim Conquest, Iranian Studies 48:1 (2015): 5–32.Henanisho IIranNestoriansSassaniansSimeon of RewardeshirVII CEVII-XVIII CEZoroastrianismbishopscanon lawinheritancelawmarriageproperty