{"product_id":"a-history-of-herat-from-chingiz-khan-to-tamerlane-9781474499354","title":"A History of Herat: From Chingiz Khan to Tamerlane","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the history of Herat, from its desolation under Chingiz Khan in 1222, to its capitulation to Tamerlane in 1381. Unlike the other three quarters of Khurasan (Balkh, Marw, Nishapur), which were ravaged by the Mongols, Herat became an important political, cultural and economic centre of the eastern Islamic world. The post-Mongol age in which an autochthonous Tajik dynasty, the Kartids, ruled the region set the foundations for Herat's Timurid-era splendors. \u003cbr\u003eDivided into two parts (a political-military history and a social-economic history), the book explains why the Mongol Empire rebuilt Herat: its rationales and approaches; and Chinggisid internecine conflicts that impacted on Herat's people. It analyses the roles of Iranians, Turks and Mongols in regional politics; in devising fortifications; in restoring commercial and cultural edifices; and in resuscitating economic and cultural activities in the Herat Quarter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Shivan Mahendrarajah is a Research Fellow (2021-24), School of History, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is the Managing Editor of \u003ci\u003eAfghanistan: The Journal of the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, which he co-founded in 2016. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Shivan is the author of articles on Islam, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongols, and Timurids; on counter-insurgency, al-Qaida, and the Taliban movements of Afghanistan and Pakistan. His first monograph, \u003ci\u003eThe Sufi Saint of Jam\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Cambridge University Press (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50512985162002,"sku":"9781474499354","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8ee2d28b-e44c-4558-8b29-d11bddeac4d0.jpg?v=1730958139","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-history-of-herat-from-chingiz-khan-to-tamerlane-9781474499354","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}