Turko-Persia in historical perspective / 
edited by Robert L. Canfield. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2002. 
 - 256 pages :  maps ;  23 cm 
 - School of American Research advanced seminar. .
<br/><br/> Originally published: 1990. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : the Turko-Persian tradition / Robert L. Canfield -- Pre-Islamic and early Islamic cultures in central Asia / Richard N. Frye -- Turko-Mongol influences in central Asia / Yuri Bregel -- Islamic culture and literature in Iran and central Asia in the early modern period / Michel M. Mazzaoui -- Perso-Islamic culture in India from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century / Francis Robinson -- Theological "extremism" and social movements in Turko-Persia / Robert L. Canfield -- Local knowledge of Islam and social discourse in Afghanistan and Turkistan in the modern period / M. Nazif Shahrani -- Russia's geopolitical and ideological dilemmas in central Asia / Milan Hauner -- Chronology of events and developments in the history of the Turko-Persian ecumene. 
<br/><br/> This collection of essays comprises an historical survey of the culture, a chronology of major developments in the region from the rise of the Persian empire before Islam up to the present, and six chapters by eminent authorities on the region, focusing on the importance of literature; the tension between central and peripheral institutions in Turko-Persian societies; and the confrontation of the Turko-Persian Islamicate world with the European world. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521522919 9780521522915 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA2X4443  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>011618223  Uk 006929084  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Civilization--Congresses.<br/>Asia, Central--Civilization--Congresses.<br/>Moyen-Orient--Civilisation--Congrees.<br/>Asie centrale--Civilisation--Congrees.<br/>Central Asia.<br/>Middle East.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Conference papers and proceedings.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS57  / .T83 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>958