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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rezakhani, Khodadad.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in ancient Persia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sassanids.

Iran--History--To 640.

Iran.

History.

Sasanian dynasty, 224-651.

Sasanian dynasty.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 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:

1 The Sasanians and the Sistanis 27

2 The Kushans and the Sasanians 46

3 The Kushano-Sasanians in East Iran 72

4 The Iranian Huns and the Kidarites 87

5 The Alkhans in the Southern Hindu Kush 104

6 The Hephthalite 'Empire' and its Successors 125

7 Sogdiana in the Kidarite and Hephthalite Periods 147

8 The Nezak and Turk Periods 157

9 Tokharistan and Sogdiana in the Late Sasanian Period 176

10 General Conclusions and Postscript 185

11 Epilogue and Excursus on the Shahnameh 194.

ISBN:

9781474400299

1474400299

OCLC:

951724159