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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... Herat, Afghanistan 25. Timur covered the entire outer and inner walls of his buildings with brightly colored tiles, a practice that soon spread throughout the Muslim world 26. Sprawling mosque, named for Timur's Uyghur wife, Bibi Khanym ...
... Herat, built by the Seljuks 393 12.3. Comprehensive balance designed by Abu al-Rahman al-Khazini at Merv 398 12.4. Fragment of inscription from the façade of Nizam al-Mulk's Nizamiyya madrasa at Khargird, Iran 406 13.1. The Gurganj ...
... Herat-based Timurid artist who was supported by the official and poet Navai. His book illustrations, separate scenes, and portraits of high officials redefined the artistic ideal throughout the Muslim world. Abu Rayhan al-BIRUNI (973 ...
... Herat, poet, and author of complex mystical allegories that are rich with Sufi symbolism. Abu Abdallah al-JAYHANI. Geographer and Samanid vizier from 914 to 918; author of a massive Book of Roads and Kingdoms that was prized for its ...
... Herat and stays in power until his death in 1506. Birth of the conqueror of India and founder of the Mughal dynasty, Babur. The Ottomans allow Sephardic Jews to print a volume of Jewish laws in Hebrew. End of Timurid dynasty in Central ...
Table des matières
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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 |