Islamic Central Asia
by Levi, Scott C.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-12-02
Publisher(s): Indiana Univ Pr
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Summary
Islamic Central Asiais the first English-language anthology of primary documents for the study of Central Asian history. Scott C. Levi and Ron Sela draw from a vast array of historical sources to illustrate important aspects of the social, cultural, political, and economic history of Islamic Central Asia. These documents-many newly translated and most not readily available for study-cover the period from the 7th-century Arab conquests to the 19th-century Russian colonial era and provide new insights into the history and significance of the region.
Author Biography
Scott C. Levi is Assistant Professor of Central Asian History at The Ohio State University. He is author of The Indian Diaspora in Central Asia and Its Trade, 1550--1900 and editor of India and Central Asia: Commerce and Culture, 1500--1800.
Ron Sela is Assistant Professor of Central Asian History in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. He is author of The Legendary Biographies of Tamerlane: Islam and Heroic Apocrypha in Central Asia.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Note on Translation and Transliteration | p. xv |
| Map | p. xvi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Central Asia in the Early Islamic Period, Seventh to Tenth Centuries | |
| Introduction | p. 7 |
| Central Asia and the Arab Conquests | p. 11 |
| Baladhuri: The Arab Conquests of Central Asia | p. 11 |
| Tabari: Another Look at the Arab Conquests | p. 16 |
| Central Asia under the Samanids | p. 23 |
| Narshakhi: The Rise of the House of Saman | p. 23 |
| Hudud al-'Alam: The Frontiers of the Muslim World in the Tenth Century | p. 28 |
| The Age of Learning | p. 35 |
| Ibn Sina: Biographical Notes | p. 35 |
| al-Biruni: On the Importance of the Sciences | p. 39 |
| Encounter with the Turks | |
| Introduction | p. 47 |
| Turkic Peoples of the Steppe | p. 51 |
| The Orkhon Inscriptions: The Early Turks | p. 51 |
| al-Jahiz: The Peculiarities of the Turks | p. 55 |
| Gardizi: The Turks in Early Muslim Traditions | p. 59 |
| Ibn Fadlan: Journey to the Northern Lands | p. 65 |
| Qarakhanids: The First Turkic Muslim State in Central Asia | p. 69 |
| al-Kashghari: On the Linguistic Distribution of the Turks | p. 69 |
| Jamal Qarshi: The Conversion to Islam of Satuq Bughra Khan | p. 73 |
| Yusuf Hass Hajib: Advice to the Qarakhanid Rulers | p. 76 |
| Central Asia in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries | p. 83 |
| al-'Utbi: The Alliance of the Ghaznavids and Qarakhanids | p. 83 |
| Ibn Khallikan: Biography of the Vizier Nizam al-Mulk | p. 89 |
| Nizam al-Mulk: A Mirror for Princes | p. 92 |
| Qabus-nama: A Different Mirror for Princes | p. 95 |
| Liao Shih: Nomadic Khitan State and Society | p. 100 |
| The Mongol Empire | |
| Introduction | p. 111 |
| Temujin and the Rise of the Mongol Empire | p. 115 |
| Secret History of the Mongols: Temujin's Origins | p. 115 |
| Hayton: Temujin and the Rise of the Mongol Empire | p. 120 |
| Nasawi: The Khorezmshah's Downfall | p. 125 |
| Chang Chun: A Daoist Monk in Central Asia | p. 130 |
| Juzjani: Chaghatay the Accursed! | p. 135 |
| Islamic Central Asia under Mongol Rule | p. 139 |
| Rashid al-Din: In Defense of Chaghatay Khan | p. 139 |
| Juvaini: The Il-Khan Hülegü Captures the Castles of the Heretics | p. 142 |
| Mirza Haydar Dughlat: The Conversion to Islam of Tughluq Timur Khan | p. 149 |
| Ibn Battuta: Travels in Western Central Asia in the Fourteenth Century | p. 153 |
| Timur and the Timurids | |
| Introduction | p. 161 |
| Timur's Rise and Rule | p. 165 |
| Ibn 'Arabshah: Timur and His Steppe Campaigns | p. 165 |
| Ibn Khaldun: Personal Narrative of a Meeting with Timur | p. 171 |
| Ruy González de Clavijo: A Spanish Embassy to Timur's Capital | p. 175 |
| Central Asia in the Fifteenth Century | p. 181 |
| Khwandamir: Timur's Heirs: Shahrukh and Ulughbeg | p. 181 |
| Nava'i: A Comparison between Persian and Turkic | p. 184 |
| Khoja Ahrar: Letters | p. 188 |
| Five Readings on Sufi Orders in Central Asia: Competition, Practice, Politics | p. 190 |
| Central Asia in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries | |
| Introduction | p. 199 |
| The Shïbanids and Central Asian Society in the Sixteenth Century | p. 203 |
| Zubdat al-athar: The Beginnings of the Shïbanid State | p. 203 |
| Babur: Description of the Farghana Valley and Babur's Ejection from Samarqand | p. 208 |
| Anthony Jenkinson: An English Merchant in Central Asia | p. 215 |
| Juybari Archives: A Sixteenth-Century Bukharan Deed of Sale | p. 221 |
| Akbar, Emperor of India: A Letter to 'Abdallah Khan Uzbek, King of Turan | p. 222 |
| Central Asia in the Seventeenth Century | p. 227 |
| Abu'l-Ghazi: Reasons for Writing the Genealogies of the Turks and Turkmens | p. 227 |
| Ivan Khokhlov: A Russian Envoy to Central Asia | p. 230 |
| Sayyeda-ye Nasafi: A Visit to the Shrine of Baha' al -Din Naqshband | p. 233 |
| Churas: Erke Bek, a Turkestani in the Service of the Oirats | p. 237 |
| Central Asia in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries | |
| Introduction | p. 243 |
| The Age of Transition | p. 247 |
| Timur's Legendary Biographies | p. 247 |
| Thompson and Hogg: British Trade East of the Caspian | p. 255 |
| 'Abd al-Karim Kashmiri: Nadir Shah's Campaign in Central Asia | p. 260 |
| The Uzbek Tribal Dynasties | p. 265 |
| Tuhfat al-khani: The Inauguration of Muhammad Rahim Khan Manghït | p. 265 |
| Majma' al-arqam: An Administrative Manual from Bukhara | p. 270 |
| A Collection of Royal Decrees from Khiva | p. 272 |
| Muntakhab al-tavarikh: On the Relations between Qoqand and Kashghar | p. 274 |
| The "Great Game" to Russian Rule | p. 281 |
| Alexander Burnes: The Importance of Bukhara in Great Game Politics | p. 281 |
| Mohan Lai: A Journey among the Turkmens | p. 287 |
| Levshin: Observations on the Qazaqs | p. 292 |
| Nikolai Ignatiev: Russia's Agenda in Central Asia | p. 295 |
| Bayani: The Russian Conquest of Khiva and the Massacre of the Yomut Turkmens | p. 300 |
| Glossary | p. 307 |
| Index | p. 309 |
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