The Social Classes Changes in Isfahan Province from Fall of Sassanian to Rise of Abbasids

Document Type : Research Article

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1 PhD student in the history of Iran after Islam, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Ancient Iran, Department of History, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract
The Isfahan province with all other central areas in Iran plateau conquered by Arab Muslims in first decades of 1th Hijri century. This conquest brought significant social changes. The main question of this article is what changes affected on social classes in Isfahan from fall of Sasanian to the rise of Abbasids? This survey has studied on the subject with descriptive - analytical approach leaning on historical library resources and concluded that because of deep effects of conquest and aftermaths, all social classes involved changes, Some classical changes were fundamental. Some of Classes such as farmers almost remained with previous functions. Some of them such as military class totally faded after Sassanian fall and the remainders mixed in Arab legions. Some of them such as religious writers and clerics appeared as required of new Arab rules after their immigrations with new religion and reign or branched from the core of Zoroastrian clerics. Most of Muslim writers and clerics remained from Zoroastrian clerics and ancient families.

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  • Receive Date 18 April 2025
  • Revise Date 02 November 2025
  • Accept Date 03 November 2025