A History of the Tajiks - Iranians of the East

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.

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Richard Foltz, FOLTZ RICHARD
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781784539559
• ISBN: 978-1-78453-955-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Library of Middle East History; Library of Middle East History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, HISTORY / Middle East / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Islam / History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Middle Eastern history, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Religious & theocratic ideologies