Central Asia

Tadschikisch

Übungsbuch für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene

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„Tadschikisch Übungsbuch für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene“ richtet sich an Tadschikisch Lernende sowie an alle...

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Beiträge zur turko-iranischen Welt von der Islamisierung bis zur Gegenwart

Being case studies, the contributions to this volume highlight various aspects of the Turco-Iranian world starting from the Islamization in the 7th century up to the present day....

Karabalgasun – Stadt der Nomaden

Die archäologischen Ausgrabungen in der frühuigurischen Hauptstadt 2009–2011

Archaeological research on settlemets of late nomadic tribes in eastern Central Asia is just at the beginning. Scientific research carried out in the Uygur capital Karabalgasun by...

Tibetan Pastoralists and Development

Negotiating the Future of Grassland Livelihoods

The unique pastoralist economy, society, and culture on the Tibetan plateau has experienced profound changes during the 20th century: An ever closer integration into the Chinese...

Bukharan Jews in the Soviet Union

Autobiographical Narrations of Mobility, Continuity and Change

Each of the autobiographical narrations presented in this study on Bukharan Jews is unique. Seen collectively, they amount to a comprehensive survey of Bukharan Jewish experiences...

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...

Aral Histories

Geschichte und Erinnerung im Delta des Amudarja

In the course of the Aral Sea catastrophe the life of the Amu Darya delta region changed radically within just a few years. The Karakalpak and German authors of this volume deal...

Nomad Aristocrats in a World of Empires

The papers published in this volume go back to a conference held November 2011 in Hamburg. The conference was built around the question of domination: of nomads over sedentary...

Die Alttürkenzeit in Mittel- und Zentralasien

Archäologische und historische Studien

This study analyses aspects of the archaeology and history of the period of the Türk Qaghanats in Central Asia (ca. A.D. 550-750). A main focus is to assess the political, social...

Herodotus’s Scythians and Ptolemy’s Central Asia

Semasiological and Onomasiological Studies

The present book deals with semasiological and onomasiological questions in Herodotus's (5th century B.C.) famous portrayal of the Scythians and in Ptolemy's description of the...

Seals, Sealings and Tokens from Gandhara

Ancient seals say much about people, their names, preferred styles and self-esteem. Over many decades Aman ur Rahman has built a large collection of seals from North-Western...

Tabous, interdits et obligations de langage en Afghanistan

Éléments du vocabulaire de la vie privée en terre d’Islam

This book reflects on a quarter-century of observations by Charles Kieffer (Research Director CNRS, Paris) during his dialectological research from 1957-1981 in all of...

Pastoréalismes

Anthropologie historique des processus d’intégration chez les Kirghiz du Tian Shan intérieur

The book examines the relations between an economic phenomenon, pastoralism, and a social one, patrilineal descent-reckoning. These relations are described and analyzed on the...

Aromata in der iranischen Kultur

unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der persischen Dichtung

This volume is the result of more than 10 years' research in Persian culture from the Achaemenid period (559 B.C.) until the end of the Safavids’ time (1722 A.D.). The main...

Literarische Stoffe und ihre Gestaltung in mitteliranischer Zeit

Kolloquium anlässlich des 70. Geburtstages von Werner Sundermann

The book contains 21 contributions to a colloquium held in March 2006 in honour of W. Sundermann and dealing with various aspects of the literatures in the Middle Iranian...

Die Geburt des Propheten Muhammad

Drei Dichtungen aus Mittelasien

This volume focuses on the veneration of the prophet Muhammad in Central Asia towards the end of the 19th century. It presents three text that praise the birth of the prophet: the...

Bukharan Jews in the 20th Century

History, Experience and Narration

Although the Jews of Central Asia have a long, eventful and fascinating history, the community of the Bukharan Jews attracted very little attention from researchers until...

Iran und iranisch geprägte Kulturen

Studien zum 65. Geburtstag von Bert G. Fragner

From ancient times, 'Iranianate' cultures and the Persian language had a significant role beyond the borders of Iran: in the lands of the Near & Middle East, Central Asia as far...

Shukrullo: Die ohne Leichentuch Begrabenen

Politische Verfolgung an der sowjetischen Peripherie, erzählt und erinnert durch den uzbekischen Dichter Shukrullo

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Kaum war in Uzbekistan die Perestroika angekommen, veröffentlichte der bekannte Schriftsteller Shukrullo 1991...

Jaghnob 1970

Erinnerungen an eine Zwangsumsiedlung in der Tadschikischen SSR

On the basis of archive material, press releases and recollections the history of the forced migration of the Jaghnobi in Soviet Tajikistan in the 1970ies is reconstructed. The...