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The Ornament of Histories: A History of the Eastern Islamic Lands AD 650-1041
The Persian Text of Abu Sa‘id ‘Abd al-Hayy Gardizi
The Ornament of Histories: A History of the Eastern Islamic Lands AD 650-1041
The Persian Text of Abu Sa‘id ‘Abd al-Hayy Gardizi
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Abu Sa'id 'Abd al-Hayy Gardizi was an author and historian living in the mid-eleventh century at the height of the Turkish Ghazvanid dynasty. His only known work, "The Ornament of Histories" ("Zayn al-akhbir"), is a hugely ambitious history of the Eastern Islamic lands AD 650-1041, spanning what is now Eastern Iran, Afghanistan and parts of the Central Asian Republics and Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. Gardizi's text is an extremely rare source of primary information about the rise of Islamic faith, culture and military dominance in these regions, and represents a significant contribution to our understanding of the early Islamic world. This is the first English translation of the original Persian text, and is accompanied by an introduction and commentary which details the historical, geographical and cultural context.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Translation of the Text
The Arab Governers
The Tahirids and Saffarids
The Samanids
The Early Ghaznavids
Notes
Bibliography
Indices
1. Persons, People, Tribes
2. Places
3. Technical Terms
4. Book Titles
Product details
| Published | 15 Feb 2011 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781848853539 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | British Institute of Persian Studies |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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