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The Pearl in its Midst

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The Pearl in its Midst

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ISBN-13978-3-7001-7202-4
ISBN-13 Online978-3-7001-7643-5
Subject AreaOriental Studies
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The Pearl in its Midst. Herat and the Mapping of Khurasan

Christine Noelle-Karimi

Preliminaries

page i

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Contents

page v

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Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Note on Transliteration

page ix

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Introduction

page 1

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1. The Seat of Government: Herat during the Timurid Period

page 15

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2. The Guarded Domains: Khurāsān under Safavid and Afsharid Auspices

page 45

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3. Herat as an Afghan Dominion

page 101

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4. Herat in the Nineteenth Century

page 143

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5. Qājār Khurāsān

page 205

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6. The Emergence of Fixed Boundaries

page 243

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Concluding Remarks

page 293

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Index, Glossary, Bibliography

page 303

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Appendix A: Genealogical Tables

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Appendix B: Maps