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The legendary biographies of Tamerlane : Islam and heroic apocrypha in Central Asia

Title: The legendary biographies of Tamerlane : Islam and heroic apocrypha in Central Asia / Ron Sela.
Author: Sela, Ron
Publication: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©2011.

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xvii, 164 pages : map; 24 cm.

Summary

"Timur (or Tamerlane) is famous as the fourteenth-century conqueror of much of Central Eurasia and the founder of the Timurid dynasty. His reputation lived on in his native lands and reappeared some three centuries after his death in the form of fictional biographies, authored anonymously in Persian and Turkic. These biographies have become part of popular culture. Despite a direct continuity in their production from the eighteenth century to the present, they remain virtually unknown to people outside the region. This remarkable and rigorous scholarly appraisal of the legendary biographies of Tamerlane is the first of its kind in any language. The book sheds light not only on the character of Tamerlane and how he was remembered and championed by many generations after his demise, but also on the era in which the biographies were written, and how they were conceived and received by the local populace during an age of crisis in their own history"--

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The origins and usages of Timur's heroic apocrypha -- Timur's birth and childhood -- Youth -- Inauguration and kingship -- Premonitions -- Central Asia in turmoil, 1700-1750.

Call Number

JFE 12-923

ISBN

9780521517065 (hardback)
0521517060 (hardback)

LCCN

2010052382

OCLC

YBP 2010052382

Author

Sela, Ron, author.

Title

The legendary biographies of Tamerlane : Islam and heroic apocrypha in Central Asia / Ron Sela.

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Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 12-923

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