Richard Foltz

A History of the Tajiks (eBook, ePUB)

Iranians of the East

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this comprehensive and up to date history, from prehistoric proto-Indo-Iranian times to the post-Soviet period, Richard Foltz traces the complex linguistic, cultural and political history of the Tajiks, a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group from the modern-day Central Asian states of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. In eight chapters, the author explores the revitalisation of Persian culture under the Samanid Empire in the Tajik heartlands of historical Khorasan and Transoxiana; analyses the evolution of the politics of Tajik identity; and traces the history of the ethnic Tajik diaspora today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781788316514
• Artikelnr.: 57019355

Autorenporträt

Richard Foltz is Professor of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University, Canada

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Historical Timeline
List of Illustrations
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction: Who are the Tajiks?
Chapter One: The Prehistory of Central Asia
Chapter Two: Sogdians and Bactrians
Chapter Three: The Samanid Empire and the New Persian Renaissance
Chapter Four: Tajiks and Turks
Chapter Five: The Soviet Period
Chapter Six: The Republic of Tajikistan
Chapter Seven: Tajiks Beyond the Borders: Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China,
and the Diaspora
Excursus: Afghanistan at a Stone's Throw
Bibliography
Index