Iranian Tradition and Islamic Civilisation
by
A.C.S. Peacock, D.G. Tor
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
From the political dissolution of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-ninth century to the beginning of the thirteenth century, the Persianate dynasties of Islamic Central Asia constituted the political and military stronghold of Sunni Islam. It was in this region, historically known as Khurasan and...