| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 411 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates (color)) : maps, facsimiles |
| Series |
Brill's Inner Asian library ; v. 19 |
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Brill's Inner Asian library ; v. 19.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration and Style; Maps and Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One. THE ROUTINIZATION OF CHARISMA: THE TIMURID PATRIMONIAL HOUSEHOLD STATE; Chapter Two. FROM POLITICAL VAGABOND TO POTENTATE: THE CAREER OF SULTAN-HUSAIN BAYQARA; Chapter Three. THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE: CENTRALIZING REFORMS AND THEIR OPPONENTS; Chapter Four. THE SEARCH FOR LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS: KHORASAN AND THE AGRICULTURAL IMPERATIVE; Chapter Five. PIETY AND PRAGMATISM: THE ROLE OF THE ISLAMIC ENDOWMENT; Chapter Six. OF SAINTS AND SCRIBES: THE TIMURID SHRINE AS A VEHICLE FOR AGROMANAGEMENT |
| Summary |
Applying the Weberian concept of the routinization of charisma, this book examines the transformation of the nomadic empire of Tamerlane into a sedentary polity based on the Perso-Islamic model by focusing on the reign of the last Timurid ruler in fifteenth-century Iran |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-390) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| SUBJECT |
Timuriden. swd |
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Timurids -- History
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HISTORY -- General.
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Economic history
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Timurids
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Akkulturation
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Timoeriden.
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Acculturatie.
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- History -- 640-1500. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067897
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Iran -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067890
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| Subject |
Iran
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Timuridenreich
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Ferdows
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Iran.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047421603 |
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9047421604 |
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1281921696 |
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9781281921697 |
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9786611921699 |
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6611921699 |
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