Islamic Central Asia: An Anthology of Historical Sources

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Abaoji, 101 Abaqa Khan, 120, 139 ῾Abbasids, 8, 11, 16, 23, 24, 28, 60, 70, 112, 143 ῾Abd al-Latif, 194, 195 ῾Abd al-Rahman Bek, 277 ῾Abd al-Rashid Khan (Kashghar ruler), 149 ῾Abdallah b. Muhammad b. ῾Ali Nasrallahi, 203, 204 ῾Abdallah Khan II, 193, 200, 206, 221, 223, 229, 290 Abivard. See Baward Abiward. See Baward Abraham, 71, 93, 293 Abu Bakr (caliph), 7 Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Sa῾d, 221 Abu Sa῾id, 188, 190, 206, 207 Abu᾿l-Fayz Khan, 244, 262, 263, 267 Abu᾿l-Ghazi Bahadur Khan, 227–229, 272–273 Abu᾿l-Khayr Khan, 199, 204, 206–207 Abyssinia and Abyssinians, 60, 99 Adam, 98, 173, 228, 229 Afaq Khoja, 275, 276 Afghanistan, 1, 3, 23, 28, 59, 135, 153, 209, 296, 297; Ghaznavid power over, 36, 84–89; Great Game politics in, 245; khorezmshah’s rule over, 111; Mughal Empire’s acquisition of parts of, 223; people from, 285, 288; Timur in, 162. See also specific people and places in Agahi, Muhammad Riza, 301 Agra, 181, 224 Ahrar, ῾Ubaydallah (khoja), 163, 188–193 ῾Ajay᾿ib al-maqdur fi nawa᾿ib Timur (Ibn ῾Arabshah ), 165 Akbar, Jalal al-Din Muhammad, 222–225 Akimushkin, Oleg, 237 ῾Ala al-Din Muhammad (Khorezmshah), 111– 112 “Alamans,” 287, 291, 292 Alamut, 95, 143, 147–148 Alay, 276, 280 Alberuni. See Biruni, Abu᾿l-Rayhan alAleppo , 89, 125, 220 Alexander II (tsar), 295, 296, 298, 299 Alexander the Great, 64, 121, 173, 174 Alexandra Fyodorovna (Russian empress), 298 Alexandria, 172, 180 ῾Ali ibn Abi Talib, 175, 189, 190, 258, 273 Ali Mirza, 208 ῾Ali-Quli Khan, 262, 263 ῾Alim Bek Ishan Nasafi, 265 Almaligh (Almalïq), 73, 209 Almatï, 209 Alp Arslan, 90, 92, 148 Altan Debter, 139–140 Altishahr, 275 ῾Amr (ibn) Layth, 25, 27–28 Amu Darya (Jayhun; Oxus), 19, 20–21, 26, 32, 140, 158, 257, 258, 261, 262, 269, 284, 286, 290,302;Arabscrossing,intoCentralAsia,7; as bordering Mawarannahr, 282; as boundary between Ghaznavids and Qarakhanids, 48, 84–87; British trade emissaries crossing, 218; Mongols crossing, 133; Russian interest in, 296, 297, 300 Anatolia, 93, 153, 162, 175–176 Andijan, 208, 210–212, 275, 276 Ankara, 162, 176 Aqsu, 151–152, 279 Arab(s): in Central Asia, 4, 7–44, 48, 87, 94, 179, 200, 259; “geography” of, 9, 28, 29, 60; national characteristics attributed to, 58–59, 260; as race, 173; tribes of, 168. See also Arabia ; Arabic language ῾Arab Muhammad Khan, 227–232 Arabia, 29, 263, 282. See also Arabs Arabic language, 38, 43, 60, 69, 73, 84, 93, 166, 294; Central Asian sources in, 9, 16, 23, 49, 113, 125, 165, 229; dictionaries of, 74; Qur᾿an in, 228; ranking of, among other languages, 185; slaves speaking, 99 ῾Arabshahid clan, 194–195 Aral, 256–257, 297 Aristotle, 35, 37n4, 38, 43, 294 Armenia and Armenians, 98, 120, 179 Arshad al-Din, 150–153 Arslan-Jazib, 85–88 Artis. See Irtïsh Artuj. See Artush Artush (Artuj), 74–76, 276 Asad ibn ῾Abdallah, 14–15, 24 Ashina clan, 47, 48 Ashras ibn ῾Abdallah al-Sulami, 15, 19–21 Ashtarkhanid court, 234, 265 Assassins. See Nizari Isma῾ilis of Alamut Astarabad, 184 Astrakhan (Haji-Tarkhan), 166, 171, 215, 230, 233, 234, 265 Avecinna. See Ibn Sina, Abu ῾Ali al-Husayn Index 310 Index Ayyubids, 125 Azerbaijan, 166 Babur, 149, 181, 200, 208–215, 222, 283 Baburnama (Babur), 209 Bachanak. See Pechenegs Bad Oghul Sultan, 204, 205–206 Badakhshan, 209, 223, 224, 248, 259 Badi῾ al-Zaman Mirza, 181, 208 Badi῾ Divan, 270 Baghdad, 27, 60, 65, 69, 136; madrasas in, 93; Mongol conquest of, 112, 143; as political and intellectual capital of Muslim world, 8, 9, 11, 16 Bahram Chubin, 29, 32 Bakharzi, Sayf al-Din, 250–254 al-Baladhuri, Ahmad ibn Yahya, 11–16 Bal῾ami, 16 Balasaghun, 48, 72, 76 Balkh, 12, 15, 23–25, 32–33, 36, 86–88, 90, 128, 203, 285, 286, 297; armies from, 284; Mongols in, 133; Nadir Shah in, 260–262; rebellion in, 188; Timur’s invasion of, 161, 203; trade goods from, 220 Bamiyan, 32, 86 Baraq Khan, 248–250, 252–254 Baraq Oghlan, 183–184 Barka (Berke), 167, 169 Barlas people (Barulas people), 140, 161 Barquq (al-Zahir), 171, 172 Barskhan, 64–65, 69 Bartol’d, Vasily Vladimirovich, 60, 125 Barulas people (Barlas people). See Barlas people Bashghirt. See Bashkir(s) Bashkir(s), 61–62, 65, 68, 71, 72, 256 Basra, 15 Batu Khan (Jochi’s son), 112, 205 Baward (Abivard; Abiward), 39...