Leadership and Authority in Central Asia: The Ismaili Community in Tajikistan

ISBN-13: 9780415855969 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 202 str.

Otambek Mastibekov

Opis

This volume explores the unfolding of world history in a remote corner of Central Asia: the region of Badakhshan. The history of this region has commonly been explored through the lens of the major superpowers who competed over its territory in the 19th and 20th centuries, including Britain, Russia, and China.

O autorze

Otambek N. Mastibekov received his PhD from SOAS, University of London. Currently affiliates with the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London. His research interest and other publications are on Religion and Politics in Central Asia, Ethics, Morality and Islamic philosophy.