Franz, Kurt

Editor: Franz, Kurt; Holzwarth, Wolfgang

Nomad Military Power in Iran and Adjacent Areas in the Islamic Period

The papers in this anthology shed light on the political and military role and importance of nomadic groups in Iran and adjacent areas, using historical case studies that cover...

Franz, Kurt

Vom Beutezug zur Territorialherrschaft

Das lange Jahrhundert des Aufstiegs von Nomaden zur Vormacht in Syrien und Mesopotamien 286 bis 420 / 889 bis 1029. Beduinische Gruppen in mittelislamischer Zeit I

Bedouins made history founding small states in the midst of cultural areas—these peculiar incidents of the 10th century, unique to the Islamic Middle Age, have prompted the...