Studies on Central Asian History in Honor of Yuri Bregel

by Devin DeWeese

Overview

This work presents a collection of articles concerning Central Asian history which commemorated the retirement of esteemed professor Yuri Bregel in 2000. Bregel was an integral member of the Central Eurasian Studies department at Indiana University, and alongside his remarkable scholarship on Central Asian history and historiography, he served as the director for the Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies from 1986-1997 and the director of the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center from 1989-1997. The studies in this book cover a wide range of topics in Central Asian history, including historical linguistics, the Timurid and post-Timurid eras, and conceptual ideas such as nomadism and regionalism. In all, this collection of articles from expert scholars is a fine resource for any interested in the study of Central Asian history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780933070486
Publisher:	Sinor Research Inst Inner Asian Studies
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Series:	Partnerships for Change Series , #167
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.94(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Stephen A. Halkovic, Jr. was a professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University, where he served as the director of the Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies from 1982-1985.

Table of Contents

Preface (Devin DeWeese)
Introduction (Devin DeWeese)
1. Richard N. Frye: Bukhara Finale
2. Peter B. Golden: The Terminology of Slavery and Servitude in Medieval Turkic
3. Beatrice Forbes Manz: Family and Ruler in Timurid Historiography
4. Maria Eva Subtelny: The Making of Bukhārā-yi Sharīf: Scholars, Books, and Libraries in Medieval Bukhara (The Library of Khwāja Muammad Pārsā)
5. Jo-Ann Gross: Naqshbandī Appeals to the Herat Court: A Preliminary Study of Trade and Property Issues
6. Elena A. Davidovich: The Monetary Reform of Muammad Shïbānī Khān in 913-914/1507-08
7. R. D. McChesney: Reconstructing Balkh: The Vaqfīya of 947/1540
8. David DeWeese: The Sayyid Atā'ī Presence in Khwārazm during the 16th and early 17th Centuries
9. Jürgen Paul: On Some 16th- and 17th-Century Documents Concerning Nomads
10. Allen J. Frank: Muslim Sacred History and the 1905 Revolution in a Sufi History of Astrakhan
11. G. E. Markov: The Social Structure of the Nomads of Asia and Africa
12. Bert G. Fragner: The Concept of Regionalism in Historical Research on Central Asia and Iran (A Macro-Historical Interpretation)

Editorial Reviews

"As one might expect from such a galaxy of talent, the standard of scholarship in all these articles is extremely high, revealing not only a deep knowledge of the subject but also a supreme facility with the tools of the historian's trade"—Paul Bergne, Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 14, No. 2

From the Publisher

As one might expect from such a galaxy of talent, the standard of scholarship in all these articles is extremely high, revealing not only a deep knowledge of the subject but also a supreme facility with the tools of the historian's trade"

Journal of Islamic Studies Vol. 14, No. 2 - Paul Bergne