ReOrienting the Sasanians East Iran in Late Antiquity / Khodadad Rezakhani.

Author/creator Rezakhani, Khodadad
Format Electronic
Publication InfoEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]
Descriptionxiii, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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SeriesEdinburgh studies in ancient Persia
Edinburgh studies in ancient Persia. ^A1334051
Contents The Sasanians and the Sistanis -- The Kushans and the Sasanians -- The Kushano-Sasanians in east Iran -- The Iranian Huns and the Kidarites -- The Alkhans in the southern Hindu Kush -- The Hephthalite "Empire" and its successors -- Sogdiana in the Kidarite and Hephthalite periods -- The Nēzak and Turk periods -- Tokharistan and Sogdiana in the late Sasanian period -- General conclusions and postscript -- Epilogue and excursus on the Shahnameh.
Summary The Sasanians were the last great power to rule over Iran/Persia before the advent of Islam. Through the use of archaeological material, coins, artistic remains, as well as primary sources in the local languages of Central Asia, Rezakhani will look at the world of the east as it was viewed by the Sasanians and evaluate their presence in the lands that became Khorasan in the early Islamic period and as such a source of power struggle, change and challenge for the Islamic state.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-234) and index.
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LCCN 2017303758
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