The Islamic culture that developed in the ninth and tenth centuries AD in what is now Eastern Iran was to have a significant impact on most Muslims of west, south and central Asia. Under the patronage of Persianized Turkic Muslim rulers, the culture spread westward to the Mediterranean and eastward into India. Up to the fifteenth century AD, Turko-Persia represented a distinctive variant of Islamic life and thought in these regions, particularly among the elite, but thereafter regional variants started to emerge. This collection of essays comprises an historical survey of the culture, a chronology of major developments in the region from the rise of the Persian empire before Islam up to the present, and six chapters by eminent authorities on the region, focusing on the importance of literature; the tension between central and peripheral institutions in Turko-Persian societies; and the confrontation of the Turko-Persian Islamicate world with the European world.
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The Islamic culture that developed in the ninth and tenth centuries in what is now Eastern Iran was to have a significant impact on most Muslims of west, south and central Asia. Under the patronage of Persianized Turkic Muslim rulers, the culture spread westward to the Mediterranean and eastward into India. Especially in the early centuries of Islam, Turko-Persia represented a distinctive variant of Islamic life and thought in much of Asia. After the fifteenth century regional variants started to emerge, and by the modern period, it had lost most of its unique features. In this collection, the contributors write about different aspects of that culture. -- Book Description
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The essays in this collection focus on three themes in Turko-Persian culture: the importance of literature; the tension between central and peripheral institutions in Turko-Persian societies; and the confrontation of the Turko-Persian Islamicate world with the European world.
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This book is about some developments in the history of a distinctive culture that arose, flourished for several hundred years, and then seemed to fade in early modern times as European influences were imposed upon it; however, recently it has been the culture to which contemporary Muslims of inland Asia have turned for inspiration and the expressive means to represent their interests. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
esoteric extremists, sedentary zone, extremist notions, sedentary regions, sedentary areas, sacred leadership, moral imagery, extremist ideas, gunpowder empires, high tradition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Central Asia, Abu Muslim, Panj Ganj, Turko-Persian Islamicate, World War, Soviet Union, Western Turkistan, Achaemenid Empire, Indian Ocean, Syr Darya, Farangi Mahal, Middle East, New Persian, Western Europe, Far East, South Asia, Asia Minor, Near East, Persian Gulf, Saiyid Ahmad Khan, Shah Isma'il, Shah Wali Allah, Soviet Muslims, Abu Hashem, Alexander the Great New!
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This book is about some developments in the history of a distinctive culture that arose, flourished for several hundred years, and then seemed to fade in early modern times as European influences were imposed upon it; however, recently it has been the culture to which contemporary Muslims of inland Asia have turned for inspiration and the expressive means to represent their interests. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
esoteric extremists, sedentary zone, extremist notions, sedentary regions, sedentary areas, sacred leadership, moral imagery, extremist ideas, gunpowder empires, high tradition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Central Asia, Abu Muslim, Panj Ganj, Turko-Persian Islamicate, World War, Soviet Union, Western Turkistan, Achaemenid Empire, Indian Ocean, Syr Darya, Farangi Mahal, Middle East, New Persian, Western Europe, Far East, South Asia, Asia Minor, Near East, Persian Gulf, Saiyid Ahmad Khan, Shah Isma'il, Shah Wali Allah, Soviet Muslims, Abu Hashem, Alexander the Great New!
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