THE HEART OF ASIA
| Originally published in 1899, The Heart of Asia is a definitive history of Central Asia from pre-history to the contemporary machinations of the Russian empire. The book is valuable not only because of the quality of the historical work on the early period, but also because of the unique picture that it gives of contemporary views on the potential for Anglo-Russian conflict, at a time when the Russian Empire was Britain's closest rival for Asian hegemony.Scholars of modern Russia and Central Asia will find much that echoes, and indeed drives, more recent events. Includes 34 illustrations and two maps. | |||
Table of contents : BOOK COVER......Page 1 HALF-TITLE......Page 2 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 9 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 12 INTRODUCTION......Page 15 PART I FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION......Page 18 CHAPTER I EARLIEST TIMES TO THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER......Page 20 CHAPTER II BACTRIANS AND PARTHIANS......Page 25 CHAPTER III THE HUNS AND THE YUÉ-CHI......Page 28 CHAPTER IV THE SĀSĀNIDES, THE EPHTHALITES, AND THE TURKS......Page 33 CHAPTER V THE RISE OF ISLĀM AND INVASIONS OF THE ARABS......Page 39 CHAPTER VI THE FIRST EASTERN CAMPAIGNS OF KUTAYBA IBN MUSLIM......Page 47 CHAPTER VII KUTAYBA’S LAST CAMPAIGNS......Page 54 CHAPTER VIII KUTAYBA’S FALL AND DEATH......Page 58 CHAPTER IX KUTAYBA’S SUCCESSORS......Page 61 CHAPTER X NASR IBN SAYYĀR AND ABŪ MUSLIM......Page 67 CHAPTER XI KHORĀSĀN UNDER THE FIRST 'ABBĀSIDS......Page 71 CHAPTER XII THE CALIPHATES OF EL-MANSŪR, EL-ELHĀDI, AND HĀRŪN ER-RASHĪD......Page 74 CHAPTER XIII DECLINE OF THE CALIPHS’ AUTHORITY IN KHORĀSĀN. THE TĀHIRIDES......Page 80 CHAPTER XIV THE SAFFĀRIDES AND THE RISE OF THE SĀMĀNIDES......Page 83 CHAPTER XV THE SĀMĀNIDES......Page 88 CHAPTER XVI THE KARA-KHĀNIDES, OR UÏGHŪRS......Page 92 CHAPTER XVII THE GHAZNAVIDES AND THE RISE OF THE SELJŪKS......Page 98 CHAPTER XVIII THE SELJŪKS......Page 104 CHAPTER XIX SULTAN SANJAR AND THE KARA KHITĀYS......Page 108 CHAPTER XX THE KHWĀRAZM-SHĀHS......Page 113 CHAPTER XXI CHINGIZ KHĀN......Page 116 CHAPTER XXII MONGOL INVASION OF CENTRAL ASIA......Page 120 CHAPTER XXIII THE LINE OF CHAGHATĀY......Page 123 CHAPTER XXIV TĪMŪR, THE GREAT AMĪR......Page 126 CHAPTER XXV THE SUCCESSORS OF TĪMŪR......Page 133 CHAPTER XXVI THE SHAYBĀNIDES......Page 138 CHAPTER XXVII THE HOUSE OF ASTRAKHAN......Page 146 CHAPTER XXVIII THE HOUSE OF MANGIT......Page 152 CHAPTER XXIX AMĪR NASRULLAH, A BOKHĀRAN NERO......Page 156 PART II RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA......Page 164 CHAPTER I THE MAKING OF RUSSIA......Page 166 CHAPTER II CROSSING THE THRESHOLD OF ASIA......Page 174 CHAPTER III THE STRUGGLE WITH THE KHĀNATES......Page 180 CHAPTER IV TURKOMANIA AND THE TURKOMANS......Page 186 CHAPTER V THE LAST STEP IN ADVANCE......Page 202 CHAPTER VI THE CENTRAL ASIAN RAILWAYS......Page 214 CHAPTER VII TRANSCASPIA IN 1898......Page 223 CHAPTER VIII ASKABAD AND MERV......Page 235 CHAPTER IX BOKHĀRĀ, A PROTECTED NATIVE STATE......Page 245 CHAPTER X SAMARKAND......Page 264 CHAPTER XI FRIENDS OR FOES?......Page 278 APPENDIX I......Page 284 APPENDIX II......Page 288 INDEX......Page 291 |
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