Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Note on translation and transliteration
- Map
- Introduction
- 1 The Origins and Usages of Tīmūr's Heroic Apocrypha
- 2 Tīmūr's Birth and Childhood
- 3 Youth
- 4 Inauguration and Kingship
- 5 Premonitions
- 6 Central Asia in Turmoil, 1700–1750
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Note on translation and transliteration
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Note on translation and transliteration
- Map
- Introduction
- 1 The Origins and Usages of Tīmūr's Heroic Apocrypha
- 2 Tīmūr's Birth and Childhood
- 3 Youth
- 4 Inauguration and Kingship
- 5 Premonitions
- 6 Central Asia in Turmoil, 1700–1750
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- Type
- Chapter
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- The Legendary Biographies of TamerlaneIslam and Heroic Apocrypha in Central Asia, pp. xv - xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011