The ornament of histories: a history of the Eastern Islamic lands AD 650-1041 : the original text of Abû Saʻîd ʻAbd al-Ḥayy Gardīzī
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Main Author: Gardīzī, ʿAbd-al-Ḥaiy Ibn-aḍ-Ḍaḥḥāk ca. 11. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris 2011
Series:I.B. Tauris & BIPS Persian studies series 4
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Abu Sa'id 'Abd al-Hayy Gardizi was an author and historian living in the mid-eleventh century at the height of the Turkish Ghazvanid dynasty. His only known work, "The Ornament of Histories" ("Zayn al-akhbir"), is a hugely ambitious history of the Eastern Islamic lands AD 650-1041, spanning what is now Eastern Iran, Afghanistan and parts of the Central Asian Republics and Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. Gardizi's text is an extremely rare source of primary information about the rise of Islamic faith, culture and military dominance in these regions, and represents a significant
pt. 1. The Arab governors -- pt. 2. The Tahirids and Saffarids -- pt. 3. The Samanids -- pt. 4. The early Ghaznavids
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 169 pages)
ISBN:0857719572
184885353X
9780857719577
9781848853539

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