The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane - Canto Version

Klappentext Highly accessible account. Zusammenfassung In the first full study of an extraordinary person! Beatrice Forbes Manz examines Tamerlane as the founder of a nomad conquest dynasty and as a supremely talented individual! raising many current questions about the mechanisms of state formation! the dynamics of tribal politics! and the relations of tribes to central leadership. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The Ulus Chaghatay in the mid fourteenth century; 3. Temür's rise to power: the politics of the Ulus Chaghatay; 4. Temür's army of conquest: the Ulus Chaghatay; 5. Temür's army of conquest: outsiders and conquered peoples; 6. Structure and function in Temür's administration; 7. The struggle for succession; 8. Conclusion; Appendix A. The powers of the Ulus Chaghatay; Appendix B. Members of Temür's family; Appendix C. The formal administrative structure; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Beatrice Forbes Manz, Beatrice Forbes Manz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.1999
• EAN: 9780521633840
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63384-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 217 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History