Persian documents: social history of Iran and Turan in the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries

After the Mongol period, Persian was the official written language in Iran, Central Asia and India. A vast amount of documents relating to administration and social life were produced and yet, unlike Ottoman and Arabic documents, Persian historical resources have received very little critical attent...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York RoutledgeCurzon 2003
Series:New horizons in Islamic studies
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:After the Mongol period, Persian was the official written language in Iran, Central Asia and India. A vast amount of documents relating to administration and social life were produced and yet, unlike Ottoman and Arabic documents, Persian historical resources have received very little critical attention. This book is the first to use Persian Documents as the sources of social history in Early Modern Iran and Central Asia. The contributors examine four distinct elements of the documents:* the formal aspects of the sources are initially inspected* the second part focuses on newly discover
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:0203508866
1134414439
1134414447
1280151331
9780203508862
9781134414437
9781134414444
9781280151330
Access:Open Access