Reorienting the Sasanians : east Iran in late antiquity / Khodadad Rezakhani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rezakhani, Khodadad, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in ancient Persia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sassanids.

History.

Iran--History--To 640.

Iran.

Sasanian dynasty, 224-651--History.

Sasanian dynasty.

Physical Description:

xiii, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]

Summary:

The Sasanians were the last great power to rule over Iran/Persia before the advent of Islam. Through the use of archaeological material, coins, artistic remains, as well as primary sources in the local languages of Central Asia, Rezakhani will look at the world of the east as it was viewed by the Sasanians and evaluate their presence in the lands that became Khorasan in the early Islamic period and as such a source of power struggle, change and challenge for the Islamic state.

Contents:

The Sasanians and the Sistanis

The Kushans and the Sasanians

The Kushano-Sasanians in east Iran

The Iranian Huns and the Kidarites

The Alkhans in the southern Hindu Kush

The Hephthalite "Empire" and its successors

Sogdiana in the Kidarite and Hephthalite periods

The Nēzak and Turk periods

Tokharistan and Sogdiana in the late Sasanian period

General conclusions and postscript

Epilogue and excursus on the Shahnameh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474400299

1474400299

OCLC:

980654596