Conflicting Narratives: War, Trauma and Memory in Iraqi Culture

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This volume deals with the Iraqi cultural production under and after Baathist rule, a research field which, in comparison to Iraqi history and politics, has attracted relatively scant scholarly attention. The contributors depict the impact of dictatorship, sanctions, and successive …

Das tibetische Fürstentum La stod lHo (um 1265 bis 1642)

Die Geschichte der Herrschaftsbildung nebst einer Edition der Chronik Shel dkar chos ‘byung

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Die Untersuchung über das Fürstentum La stod lHo erschließt anhand des gesamten zur Verfügung stehenden Quellenmaterials die Geschichte einer großen Herrschaftsbildung in Tibet in der Zeit vom 13. bis zum 17. Jahrhundert. Unter Einbeziehung der klein- wie großräumigen Entwicklungen widmet …

Writers and Rulers

Perspectives on Their Relationship from Abbasid to Safavid Times

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Nine essays explore the ways in which individual Arabic and Persian authors between the 9th and 17th centuries (with examples drawn from the Abbasid to the Safavid dynasties) chose rulers and other political leaders as the recipients for their writings, …