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A History of the Tajiks: Iranians of the East

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In 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.

Author(s): Richard Foltz
Series: Library of Middle East History
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Year: 2019

Language: English
Pages: 256

Cover
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Historical Timeline
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction: Who Are the Tajiks?
1 The Prehistory of the Tajiks
2 Sogdians and Bactrians
3 The Samanid Empire and the New Persian Renaissance
4 Tajiks and Turks
5 The Soviet Period
6 The Republic of Tajikistan
7 Tajiks beyond the Borders: Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China and the Diaspora
Conclusion: What Future for the Tajiks?
Excursus: Afghanistan at a Stone’s Throw
Notes
Bibliography
Index