Turkestan and the rise of Eurasian empires : a study of politics and invented traditions /

This book studies how fifteenth and sixteenth century chroniclers grappled with the Turkestani or Turco-Mongol origin stories of their patrons in the newly forming states of the Ottomans, Safavids, Shibanids, Moghuls and Mughals.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anooshahr, Ali, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Description
Summary:This book studies how fifteenth and sixteenth century chroniclers grappled with the Turkestani or Turco-Mongol origin stories of their patrons in the newly forming states of the Ottomans, Safavids, Shibanids, Moghuls and Mughals.
Physical Description:viii, 209 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-197) and index.
ISBN:9780190693565
0190693568