Format:
1 Online-Ressource (244 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9789004644731
Series Statement:
Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000 8
Content:
The Rise of The Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780 deals with the magnificent world of Afghan nomads, horse-dealers and mercenaries bridging the frontiers between the old metropolitan centres of India, Iran and Central Asia. During the eighteenth century they succeeded in establishing a vigorous new system of Indo-Afghan states. In Central Asia, the Afghans created an imperial tradition on the basis of long-standing Perso-Islamic ideals. In India, along the caravan routes with Turkistan and Tibet, they carved out thriving principalities in association with military service and the breeding and trade in war-horses. By fully incorporating this Afghan ascendancy into the fabric of Islamic and world history the author challenges the widely held notion of a gloomy Afghan past
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004101098
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780 Leiden : Brill, 1994 ISBN 9789004101098
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004644731
