Continuity and change in medieval Persia : aspects of administrative, economic, and social history, 11th-14th century
Continuity and often violent change in medieval Persia are revealed in this detailed study of aspects of Persian history during three turbulent centuries (1040-1335 A.D.). An extensive introduction provides the chronological framework for this examination of the vital areas of administrative, economic, and social history. This book is a major contribution from the pen of a scholar whose knowledge of the sources of the history of Islamic Persia and of the country itself is hardly to be matched by any living Western scholar. Lambton provides an astonishing amount of information and also uniquely deep insights into Persian history and society
History
425 pages : genealogical tables, maps ; 24 cm.
9780887061332, 9780887061349, 0887061338, 0887061346
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