A History of the Tajiks
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A History of the Tajiks

Iranians of the East

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A History of the Tajiks

Iranians of the East

About this book

In this comprehensive and up to date history, from prehistoric proto-Indo-Iranian times to the post-Soviet period, Richard Foltz traces the complex linguistic, cultural and political history of the Tajiks, a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group from the modern-day Central Asian states of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. In eight chapters, the author explores the revitalisation of Persian culture under the Samanid Empire in the Tajik heartlands of historical Khorasan and Transoxiana; analyses the evolution of the politics of Tajik identity; and traces the history of the ethnic Tajik diaspora today. This revised edition includes a new chapter on the Tajiks' situation in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan since 2018, covering notably the effects of the Taliban's return to power in August 2021 and the COVID pandemic in all three countries, as well as border clashes with Kyrgyzstan.

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Information

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9780755649655
eBook ISBN
9780755649679
Edition
2
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Title Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Preface to the Second Edition
  8. Preface to the First Edition
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Historical Timeline
  11. A Note on Transliteration
  12. Introduction: Who are the Tajiks?
  13. 1 The Prehistory of the Tajiks
  14. 2 Sogdians and Bactrians
  15. 3 The Samanid Empire and the New Persian Renaissance
  16. 4 Tajiks and Turks
  17. 5 The Soviet Period
  18. 6 The Republic of Tajikistan
  19. 7 Tajiks in Uzbekistan
  20. Excursus: Afghanistan at a Stone’s Throw
  21. Conclusion: Differing Contexts, Manifold Challenges
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index
  25. Plates
  26. Copyright