Samarqand et le Sughd a l'epoque 'abbasside
Subtitle: histoire politique et sociale
By: Yury Karev
Series: Studia Iranica. Cahier -- 55; Studia Iranica -- 55.
Publisher: Association pour l'Avancement des Études Iraniennes
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9782910640415
Subjects: History; Islam; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities
Description: "During the Abbasid period (750-820), the vast territories beyond the Amu Darya river (the Mawara'annahr), conquered by the Umayyad generals in the first half of the eighth century, entered definitively into the cultural sphere of Islam. The comparative analysis of medieval Arabic, Persian, and Chinese sources, supplemented by materials from unpublished manuscripts, as well as the latest results yielded by archaeological excavations at Samarkand, have made it possible to establish a fine-grained chronology of this turning point in the history of Central Asia. Examined in this new light are complex and irreversible processes that resulted in a changed political and religious fabric, transformations of the Sogdian and Muslim elite, and the evolution of the state's system of controlling territories on its borders, within a context of confrontations and diplomatic relations between the caliphate, the Tang empire in China, and the Turks"--Back cover.
Notes: "Publié avec le soutien du Laboratoire d'Excellence TransferS."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-26) and indexes.

In French; summary in French and English.