Central Asia

Aus den Tiefenschichten der Texte

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

17 x 24 cm, 344 p., 1 Karte, hardback
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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. Covering the broad geographical spectrum spanning from the Bosporus via Upper Mesopotamia …

Karabalgasun – Stadt der Nomaden

Die archäologischen Ausgrabungen in der frühuigurischen Hauptstadt 2009–2011

21 x 29.7 cm, 248 p., hardback
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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 the Mongolian-German-Orkhon-Expedition 2009-2011 has offered an excellent contribution to further understanding the process …

Tibetan Pastoralists and Development

Negotiating the Future of Grassland Livelihoods

17 x 24 cm, 240 p., hardback
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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 state, a wide array of policies directed at ‘development’, modernization, and urbanization, and dramatic …

Bukharan Jews in the Soviet Union

Autobiographical Narrations of Mobility, Continuity and Change

17 x 24 cm, 304 p., hardback
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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 in the twentieth century, enabling the reader to gain deep insights into the varied …

Aromata in der iranischen Kultur

unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der persischen Dichtung

17 x 24 cm, 368 p., hardback
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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 concern was finding out what the sources tell us …

Jaghnob 1970

Erinnerungen an eine Zwangsumsiedlung in der Tadschikischen SSR

148 x 210 cm, 136 p., paperback / softback
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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 Jaghnobi, a small ethnic group with a distinct language and culture, were …

Aus dem Dari übersetzt und herausgegeben von Lutz Rzehak

Die Taliban im Land der Mittagssonne

Geschichten aus der afghanischen Provinz. Erinnerungen und Notizen von Abdurrahman Pahwal

148 x 210 cm, 144 p., paperback / softback
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The book presents the German translation of a Persian manuscript from Afghanistan with personal memories and notes of the reign of the Taliban which were written down by a local intellectual immediately at the time of the Taliban. It seems …

Religious themes and texts of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia

Studies in honour of Professor Gherardo Gnoli on the occasion of his 65th birthday on 6th December 2002

17 x 24 cm, 512 p., cloth
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The volume contains forty-one papers dedicated to the distinguished Iranianist by colleagues, friends and former students, and a complete bibliography of the dedicatee. The papers deal with a variety of themes relating to Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Christianity, Buddhism and the multifarious …

Ptolemy, Geography Book 6

Middle East, Central and North Asia, China. Part 1. Text and English/German Translations

17 x 24 cm, 272 p., cloth
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Book 6 of Ptolemy’s „Geography“ (2nd cent. AD) deals with Assyria, Media, Susiana, Persis, Parthia, the Carmanian Desert, Arabia Felix, Carmania, Hyrcania, Margiana, Bactriana, Sogdiana, Sakaland, Skythia, Serica, Areia, Paropanisadai, Drangiana, Archaosia, and Gedrosia. In the present part of ther …

Herausgegeben von Baxtiyor Babadjanov, Ashirbek Muminov und Jürgen Paul

Schaibanidische Grabinschriften
20 x 28 cm, 316 p., hardback
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Das Buch enthält 84 überwiegend arabische Inschriften von Grabmalen, die für Angehörige der mittelasiatischen Dynastie der Schaibaniden (oder Sibaniden) errichtet worden sind. Diese Dynastie herrschte im 16. Jahrhundert in einer Anzahl von Zweigen über weite Gebiete des heutigen Mittelasien, des …