Khodadad Rezakhani (Princeton Universit Associate Research Scholar

Reorienting the Sasanians

East Iran in Late Antiquity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 â Asian Hunsâ , and their role in shaping both the Sasanian Empire and the rest of the Middle East.

Produktdetails

• Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9781474437783
• ISBN-10: 1474437788
• Artikelnr.: 52624422

Autorenporträt

Khodadad Rezakhani is an Associate Research Scholar at the Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-RahmanI Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preliminaries: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's
Preface; Maps; Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: 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