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Turks in the Indian Subcontinent, Central and West Asia: The Turkish Presence in the Islamic World
Ismail Poonawala
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Hardback. Editor(s): Poonawala, Ismail K. H. Num Pages: 220 pages, b/w pictures. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJF1; HBTB; HRHP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 38. .
For almost a millennium until the beginning of the twentieth century, Turkish rulers and military commanders controlled vast stretches of Islamic lands. While these rulers dominated lands far and wide-from Algeria in the west to Bengal in the east, reaching up to the Volga region in the north and Yemen in the south-Turkish scholars, theologians, jurists, poets, and other literary figures significantly influenced the Islamic world and its culture. Highlighting the political and cultural history of the Turks-not only within the context of the Indian subcontinent, where they laid the foundation of one of the world's biggest empires in the ... Read more
For almost a millennium until the beginning of the twentieth century, Turkish rulers and military commanders controlled vast stretches of Islamic lands. While these rulers dominated lands far and wide-from Algeria in the west to Bengal in the east, reaching up to the Volga region in the north and Yemen in the south-Turkish scholars, theologians, jurists, poets, and other literary figures significantly influenced the Islamic world and its culture. Highlighting the political and cultural history of the Turks-not only within the context of the Indian subcontinent, where they laid the foundation of one of the world's biggest empires in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
OUP India
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780198092209
SKU
V9780198092209
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About Ismail Poonawala
Ismail K. Poonawala is professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. A specialist in Isma?ili studies, he is the author of Biobibliography of Isma?ili Literature (1977) and editor of several Isma?ili texts. He has also translated with annotations, Volume IX of Tabari's history, entitled The Last Years of the Prophet (1990) and The Pillars ... Read more
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