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Timurids in transition : Turko-Persian politics and acculturation in Medieval Iran /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Subtelny, Maria (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Colección:Brill's Inner Asian library ; v. 19.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.