Using a POD since the birth of Mohammed for Persia to become Islamic or is this just ASB? Could Islam replace Zoroastrianism in Persia itself?
I think Persians have too much pride in their great and venerable civilization to allow its fundamental values to be changed by a few missionary traders.
Not sure, but airship travel to Medina would probably be more consistent.
Is there even some direct traffic to Medina from Persia? I thought the Hamadan line was closed after the last Qeshm controversy, when the Medina Shura offered backing to Dubai's claims.
Persian emperors were really busy enforcing official Zoroastrianism at swordpoint upon a religiously diverse population, even if Pahlavist propaganda does not really like such things to be recalled.
and I would like to remind that, more or less when Muhammad and his successors lived in Arabia, Persian emperors were really busy enforcing official Zoroastrianism at swordpoint upon a religiously diverse population, even if Pahlavist propaganda does not really like such things to be recalled.
Wrong.
Zoroastrianism does not allow converts.
The Persians tolerated each and every foreign religion before Islam.
This is vile Anti-Persian propeganda spread by our Arabic and Roman enemies! They use it to hide their evil ways. Truly they are the followers of Ahriman.
Ugh, obvious Zoroastrian orc. And by the way, Rome hasn't been a real power since the 1920s, what with the whole Frenkish-Roman War.
This is vile Anti-Persian propeganda spread by our Arabic and Roman enemies! They use it to hide their evil ways. Truly they are the followers of Ahriman.
Nope. I am proudly a citizen of the Aleuto-Kamchatkan Socialist Commonwealth. I could not give a darn more of the silly imperialist clashes your obsolete religions bring about. But I have to say that Islam is somewhat the most advanced of them. Socialism was developed in the Islamic cities of Suwahil after all. Though I have to admit that our Revolution would not have been possible without the Persian Exile Legion of the Altaj.
I suppose that depends on your definition of overran, the Persians very much like to think of the Mongols as a brief, easily forgotten moment in which a very small elite temporarily dominated the country before becoming culturally assimilated.
But yes, considering how they did in fact assimilate into Persian society shows just how unlikely it is that a new religion not even centuries old can be so suddenly and easily imposed on Persian society.
EDIT: OOC- Sorry Elfwine! >.<