Ancient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir Region of Central Asia

Name: Ancient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir Region of Central Asia
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Ancient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir Region of Central AsiaHistorical Shughn?n and its Lost Capital\nAuthor(s): Muzaffar Zoirshoevich Zoolshoev\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032246741, 978-1032246741\nSynopsis\nThis 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: Shughn?n.\n\nThe book brings together scattered fragments of information from a wide range of early Greek, Chinese, Persian, and Arabic sources, 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 Shughn?n. It also attempts, for the first .