Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to TamerlanePrinceton University Press, 6 oct. 2013 - 680 pages The forgotten story of Central Asia's enlightenment—its rise, fall, and enduring legacy |
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... Buddhism in Central Asia. Russian research did not begin with Vasilii Bartold (Wilhelm Barthold), but he brought it to a high level from which it has only rarely descended since. A superior linguist with a passion for detailed ...
... Buddhist dynasty from Balkh, now Afghanistan, who, converting to Islam, became prime ministers (viziers) of several Abbasid caliphs. Fabulously rich, they sponsored translations of Greek and Sanskrit works into Arabic. Caliph Harun al ...
... Buddhist theologian and author from Balkh who played an important role in the deliberations at the Fourth Buddhist Council in Kashmir in the first century ad. HABASH al-Marwazi (769–869). Astronomer and mathematician from Merv who led a ...
... Buddhism, the Greek pantheon, and Zoroastrianism was manifest at his capital at Begram and other sites in Afghanistan. Mahmud al-KASHGARI. Eleventh-century author of A Compendium of the Turkic Dialects, a comprehensive guide to the ...
... Buddhist monks earlier carried out similar work on religious texts. Nasir al-Din al-TUSI (1201–1274). Polymath native of Tus in Khurasan and founder of the Maragha observatory under the Mongols. He challenged Aristotle's notion that all ...
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How Arabs Conquered Central Asia and Central Asia Then Set the Stage to Conquer Baghdad | 101 |
East Wind over Baghdad | 126 |
Wandering Scholars | 156 |
Khurasan Central Asias Rising Star | 194 |
A Flowering of Central Asia The Samanid Dynasty | 225 |
Turks Take the Stage Mahmud of Kashgar and Yusuf of Balasagun | 303 |
Culture under a Turkic Marauder Mahmuds Ghazni | 332 |
Tremors under the Dome of Seljuk Rule | 381 |
The Mongol Century | 436 |
Tamerlane and His Successors | 478 |
Retrospective The Sand and the Oyster | 515 |
Notes | 541 |
Index | 611 |