{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-tajiks-iranians-of-the-east","title":"A History of the Tajiks: Iranians of the East","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Foltz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 280 pages\u003cbr\u003e2023 Edition\u003cbr\u003e9780755649655\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this comprehensive and up to date history, from prehistoric proto-Indo-Iranian times to the post-Soviet period, Richard Foltz traces the complex linguistic, cultural and political history of the Tajiks, a Persian-speaking Iranian ethnic group from the modern-day Central Asian states of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan. In eight chapters, the author explores the revitalisation of Persian culture under the Samanid Empire in the Tajik heartlands of historical Khorasan and Transoxiana; analyses the evolution of the politics of Tajik identity; and traces the history of the ethnic Tajik diaspora today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis revised edition includes a new chapter on the Tajiks' situation in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan since 2018, covering notably the effects of the Taliban's return to power in August 2021 and the COVID pandemic in all three countries, as well as border clashes with Kyrgyzstan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Who are the Tajiks?\u003cbr\u003e1 The Prehistory of Central Asia\u003cbr\u003e2 Sogdians and Bactrians\u003cbr\u003e3 The Samanid Empire and the New Persian Renaissance\u003cbr\u003e4 Tajiks and Turks\u003cbr\u003e5 The Soviet Period\u003cbr\u003e6 The Republic of Tajikistan\u003cbr\u003e7 Tajiks in Uzbekistan \u003cbr\u003eExcursus: Afghanistan at a Stone's Throw\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Differing Contexts, Manifold Challenges\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40163483058211,"sku":"9780755649655","price":53.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/DSC_5250.jpg?v=1699440907","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/a-history-of-the-tajiks-iranians-of-the-east","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}