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Turks in the Indian Subcontinent, Central and West Asia

The Turkish Presence in the Islamic World

Herausgeber: Poonawala, Ismail

Beschreibung

This is an outstanding work of collective scholarship from some of the best scholars on Islamic history. It aims to highlight the political and cultural history of the Turks not only within the context of the Indian Subcontinent where they laid the foundation of one of the biggest empires in the world through the Mughals, but also within the context of Central and West Asia.

Autor

Ismail K. Poonawala is professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. A specialist in Isma?ili studies, he is the author of Biobibliography of Isma?ili Literature (1977) and editor of several Isma?ili texts. He has also translated with annotations, Volume IX of Tabari's history, entitled The Last Years of the Prophet (1990) and The Pillars of Islam, 2 vols (2002, 2004).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780198092209
• ISBN-10: 0198092202
• Artikelnr.: 47869729