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The Pearl in its Midst. Herat and the Mapping of Khurasan

doi: 10.1553/978OEAW72024

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Preliminaries

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Contents

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Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Note on Transliteration

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Introduction

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

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

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3. Herat as an Afghan Dominion

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4. Herat in the Nineteenth Century

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5. Qājār Khurāsān

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6. The Emergence of Fixed Boundaries

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Concluding Remarks

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Index, Glossary, Bibliography

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Appendix A: Genealogical Tables

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Appendix B: Maps

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