Reorienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity

ISBN-13: 9781474437783 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 256 str.

Khodadad Rezakhani

Opis

In the mediaeval period, Central Asia rose to prominence as a centre of Persian-Islamic culture, from the Seljuks to the Mongols. Khodadad Rezakhani tells the back story of this rise to prominence, the story of the famed Kushans and mysterious 'Asian Huns', and their role in shaping both the Sasanian Empire and the rest of the Middle East.

Spis treści

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; Maps; Preface; Introduction; Chapter I: Sasanians and the Sistanis; Chapter 2. Kushans and the Sasanians; Chapter 3. Kushano-Sasanians in East Iran; Chapter 4. The Iranian Huns and the Kidarites; Chapter 5. The Alkhans in the Southern Hindu Kush; Chapter 6. The Hepthalite 'Empire' and its Successors; Chapter 7. Sogdiana in the Kidardite and Hepthalite Periods; Chapter 8. The Ne¯zak and Turk Periods; Chapter 9. Tokharestan and Sogdiana in the Late Sasanian Period; General Conclusions and Postscript; Epilogue and Excursus on the Shahnameh; Bibliography; Index.