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

Turkestan and the Rise of Eurasian Empires 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:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Asia, Central > History. Asia, Central > Kings and rulers. Asie centrale > Histoire. HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia. HISTORY > Asia > General. Kings and rulers Central Asia Electronic books. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover; Half title; Turkestan and the Rise of Eurasian Empires; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Origins of the Question of Origins; 3. The Early Ottomans in Idris Bitlisi's Hasht Bihisht; 4. The Early Safavids; 5. Uzbeks and Kazakhs in Fazl Allah Khunji's Mihmannamah-i Bukhara; 6. Mongols in the Tarikh-i Rashidi; 7. Timurid India; 8. Epilogue; Bibliography; Index