ReOrienting the Sasanians

East Iran in Late Antiquity

Khodadad Rezakhani (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2018
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9781474437783 (ISBN)

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In the mediaeval period, Central Asia rose to prominence as a centre of Persian-Islamic culture, from the Seljuks to the Mongols. Khodadad Rezakhani tells the back story of this rise to prominence, the story of the famed Kushans and mysterious ‘Asian Huns’, and their role in shaping both the Sasanian Empire and the rest of the Middle East.

Central Asia is commonly imagined as the marginal land on the periphery of Chinese and Middle Eastern civilisations. At best, it is understood as a series of disconnected areas that served as stop-overs along the Silk Road.
However, in the mediaeval period, this region rose to prominence and importance as one of the centres of Persian-Islamic culture, from the Seljuks to the Mongols and Timur.
Khodadad Rezakhani tells the back story of this rise to prominence, the story of the famed Kushans and mysterious ‘Asian Huns’, and their role in shaping both the Sasanian Empire and the rest of the Middle East.

Contextualises Persian history in relation to the history of Central Asia Extends the concept of late antiquity further east than is usually done Surveys the history of Iran and Central Asia between 200 and 800 CE and contextualises the rise of Islam in both regions

Khodadad Rezakhani is an Associate Research Scholar at the Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-RahmanI Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University.

Preliminaries: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; Maps; PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Sasanians and the SistanisChapter 2. Kushans and the SasaniansChapter 3. Kushano-Sasanians in East IranChapter 4. The Iranian Huns and the KidaritesChapter 5. The Alkhans in the Southern Hindu KushChapter 6. The Hepthalite 'Empire' and its SuccessorsChapter 7. Sogdiana in the Kidardite and Hepthalite PeriodsChapter 8. The Ne¯zak and Turk PeriodsChapter 9. Tokharestan and Sogdiana in the Late Sasanian PeriodGeneral Conclusions and PostscriptEpilogue and Excursus on the Shahnameh; Bibliography; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.09.2018
Reihe/Serie	Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia
Zusatzinfo	30 black and white illustrations
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
ISBN-13	9781474437783 / 9781474437783
Zustand	Neuware