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The pearl of Khorasan : a history of Herat / C. P. W. Gammell.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., ©2016.Description: xxi, 464 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781849046541
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS375. H5.
Contents:
Contents: Acknowledgements—Glossary—Introduction—1. Destruction and renewal : Herat in the shadow of the Mongols and beyond, 1221-1381—2. Herat in an age of high art, imperial favour and low politics, 1381-1510—3. Safavids to pashtuns and the decline of a Timurid Jewl, 1510-1747—4. Herat, the key to India : Herat, Khorasan’s broken pearl, 1747-1863—5. Herat in an emerging Afghanistan : isolated, sleepy and revolutionary, 1863-1978—6. Herat in a time of leftists, Islamists and opportunists, 1978-2001—Epilogue : Heart as it faces the future—Appendixes—Notes—Bibliography—Index.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University 2 Available One copy is donated by author. 3ACKU000513332
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University DS375.H5.G366 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000508159
Total holds: 0

“Includes bibliography”—(pages 413-434).

Contents: Acknowledgements—Glossary—Introduction—1. Destruction and renewal : Herat in the shadow of the Mongols and beyond, 1221-1381—2. Herat in an age of high art, imperial favour and low politics, 1381-1510—3. Safavids to pashtuns and the decline of a Timurid Jewl, 1510-1747—4. Herat, the key to India : Herat, Khorasan’s broken pearl, 1747-1863—5. Herat in an emerging Afghanistan : isolated, sleepy and revolutionary, 1863-1978—6. Herat in a time of leftists, Islamists and opportunists, 1978-2001—Epilogue : Heart as it faces the future—Appendixes—Notes—Bibliography—Index.

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