Iran to India : the Shansabanis of Afghanistan, c. 1145-1190 CE /
This book charts the origins and rise of the Shansabanis, a nomadic-pastoralist or transhumant group from modern central Afghanistan. As they adapted and mastered the mores of Perso-Islamic kingship, they created a transregional empire unseen in the region for almost a millennium, since the Kushanas...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022].
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| Summary: | This book charts the origins and rise of the Shansabanis, a nomadic-pastoralist or transhumant group from modern central Afghanistan. As they adapted and mastered the mores of Perso-Islamic kingship, they created a transregional empire unseen in the region for almost a millennium, since the Kushanas of the early centuries CE. The Shansabanis' imperialism of little more than a half-century belies their longue durée significance: they altered the geopolitical landscapes of eastern Khurasan through the Indo-Gangetic plains, reconnecting these regions in continuous flows of people, objects and ideas that broadened the Persianate world and had consequences into the modern age of nation-states in central and south Asia. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 402 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-390) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474482226 1474482228 |