Pearl of Khorasan : a history of Herat /

By:

Gammell, C. P. W [author.]

Material type: Text

9781849046541

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History.

DDC classification:

958.1 GAM

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Contents:

Destruction and renewal : Herat in the shadow of the Mongols and beyond : 1221-1381 -- Herat in the age of high art, imperial favour and low politics, 1381-1510 -- Safavids to Pashtuns and the decline of a Timurid jewel, 1510-1747 -- Herat, the key to India : Herat, Khorasan's broken pearl, 1747-1863 -- Herat in an emerging Afghanistan : isolated, sleepy and revolutionary, 1863-1978 -- Herat in a time of leftists, Islamists and opportunists, 1978-2001 -- Epilogue : Herat as it faces the future.

Summary: The city of Herat in western Afghanistan long sat at the edge of empires and served as a hub for trade and a conduit for armies. Yet it has been much more than simply a staging post or plaything of political ambition. It has been an imperial capital, a city of extraordinary wealth, and has played host to a cultural renaissance to rival that of Florence. The Pearl of Khorasan tells the history of this storied oasis

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	958.1 GAM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K3316

TRP40/278
GPB30/-

Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-434) and index.

Destruction and renewal : Herat in the shadow of the Mongols and beyond : 1221-1381 --
Herat in the age of high art, imperial favour and low politics, 1381-1510 --
Safavids to Pashtuns and the decline of a Timurid jewel, 1510-1747 --
Herat, the key to India : Herat, Khorasan's broken pearl, 1747-1863 --
Herat in an emerging Afghanistan : isolated, sleepy and revolutionary, 1863-1978 --
Herat in a time of leftists, Islamists and opportunists, 1978-2001 --
Epilogue : Herat as it faces the future.

The city of Herat in western Afghanistan long sat at the edge of empires and served as a hub for trade and a conduit for armies. Yet it has been much more than simply a staging post or plaything of political ambition. It has been an imperial capital, a city of extraordinary wealth, and has played host to a cultural renaissance to rival that of Florence. The Pearl of Khorasan tells the history of this storied oasis

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