History of Herat - From Chingiz Khan to Tamerlane

Shows how and why an ancient city destroyed and then rebuilt by Mongols became the 'Pearl' of the Iranian east

Info autore

Dr. Shivan Mahendrarajah is a Research Fellow (2021-24), School of History, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is the Managing Editor of Afghanistan: The Journal of the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies, which he co-founded in 2016. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Shivan is the author of articles on Islam, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongols, and Timurids; on counter-insurgency, al-Qaida, and the Taliban movements of Afghanistan and Pakistan. His first monograph, The Sufi Saint of Jam, was published by Cambridge University Press (2021).

Riassunto

Shows how and why an ancient city destroyed and then rebuilt by Mongols became the ‘Pearl’ of the Iranian east

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Shivan Mahendrarajah, Shivan (Research Fellow in the Scho Mahendrarajah, Shivan (Research Fellow in the School of History Mahendrarajah, Shivan Mahendrarajah
• Editore: Edinburgh University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781474499354
• ISBN: 978-1-4744-9935-4
• Pagine: 382
• Serie: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro