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Ancient and early medieval kingdoms of the Pamir region of Central Asia : historical Shughnān and its lost capital
Title
Ancient and early medieval kingdoms of the Pamir region of Central Asia : historical Shughnān and its lost capital / Muzaffar Zoirshoevich Zoolshoev.
ISBN
9781032246741
103224674X
9781032246765
1032246766
9781003279730
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.
Physical Description
xii, 149 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
"This focused study is one of the few analytical resources in English that covers the ancient and early medieval history of one of the least studied areas of the vast mountainous Pamir region of Central Asia: Shughnan. The book brings together scattered fragments of information from a wide range of early Greek, Chinese, Persian and Arabic sources, as well as the accounts of early European travellers and the scholarly contributions of Soviet and Post-Soviet authors, as well as personal accounts and oral history material from the region. Drawing on historical, archaeological, linguistic, and ethnographic data, it provides a holistic overview of the kingdom of Shughnan. It also attempts, for the first time, to identify and locate the town of Kuhan, which the Chinese historical chronicle, the Tang Shu (Book of the Tang Dynasty, 618-907 CE) describes as the 'first capital' of Shughnan. Many archaeological sites are examined and offered as potential candidates for the location of the town of Kuhan, providing a foundation for future archaeological and ethnolinguistic research in the area. Ancient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir Region of Central Asia: Historical Shughnan and its Lost Capital is suitable for students, scholars, and historians studying ancient and early medieval Central Asia, particularly the Pamir region, as well as those interested in Central Asian history and archaeology more broadly"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Historical Shughnān and its lost capital
Other formats
Online version: Zoolshoev, Muzaffar Zoirshoevich. Ancient and early medieval kingdoms of the Pamir region of Central Asia New York, NY : Routledge, 2023
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 01, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-140) and index.
Contents
A general review of the major sources
Etymology and nomenclature
The historical borders of Shughnān with neighbouring kingdoms
The earliest habitation of the Pamirs (10,000-2,000 BCE)
Theories on the ancient peoples and societies of the Pamirs (2,000-1,000 BCE)
The Kāfirs and the Mak people
The Sakas/Scythians, Achaemenids, Greeks and Macedonians (6th-2nd centuries BCE)
The Sakas/Scythians
The Achaemenids (6th-4th centuries BCE)
The Greeks and Macedonians (4th-2nd centuries BCE)
The Yuèzhī, Kushans, Kidarites/Chionites and Hephthalites (2nd century BCE-6th century CE)
The Yuèzhī (2nd-1st centuries BCE)
The Kushans (1st-3rd centuries CE)
The Kidarites/Chionites (4th-5th centuries CE)
The Hephthalites (5th-6th centuries CE)
The Turkic kaghans (6th-8th centuries CE)
Xuánzàng's description of Shughnān
The rise of the Chinese Tang Dynasty (7th-8th centuries CE)
Shughnān during the Chinese-Tibetan confrontation (the first half of the 8th century CE)
The Abbasids, Ṭāhirids and Sāmānids (8th-10th centuries CE)
On the names and origins of the earliest kings of Shughnān
Conclusion to Part 1
Progress, problems and potential for future research
The passage from the Táng Shū and its Russian, French and German translations
The search for Kǔhán outside present Shughnān
The Farghāna Valley
The Zarafshān Valley
The Alay Valley
The city of Qunduz
The Khātan Oasis
The Darvāz district
The Ishkāshim district (Wakhān Valley)
The Ghārān Valley
The Rūshān district
The Bartang Valley
The Vanj district
The Yazgulām Valley
The Murghāb district
Summary of this section
The Search for Kǔhán within present-day Shughnān
The Rāshtqal'a district
The Ghund Valley
Bar-Panja and Wiyād (Wiyār) in Afghan Shughnān
The area of Khārugh
The Suchān Valley
The area of Pārshnev
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