{"product_id":"the-warehouse-of-bamiyan-economic-life-in-medieval-afghanistan-9781399546706","title":"The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Economic Life in Medieval Afghanistan","description":"Bamiyan, in present-day Afghanistan, is famous for its giant Buddhas, but what was life like for its rural inhabitants 500 years after the Muslim conquest? \u003ci\u003eThe Warehouse of Bamiyan\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the untold history of the region's warehouse, revealing the lives of farmers, landholders, the taxes they paid, and their role in the economy. Based on newly discovered documents studied since the late 2010s, Arezou Azad details the reconstruction of the archive and the scholarly methods used behind the scenes to read medieval documents 'against the grain.' The book offers a fresh perspective on the medieval eastern Islamicate lands through the lens of medieval Bamiyan, highlighting the significance of agricultural societies and shedding light on the diverse roles of rural communities often overlooked in royal narratives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiroozbakhsh, Pejman:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Pejman Firoozbakhsh is a Research Associate at the University of Hamburg and a former member of the Invisible East programme at the University of Oxford. He is a linguist interested in the formation and development of early New Persian, West Iranian dialects, Persian codicology and textual criticism. Pejman Firoozbakhsh's recent publications include \"Manuscript of a Persian Qaṣīda from about the Year 400\/1007\", in \u003ci\u003eBi yād-i Īraj Afshār\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Jawād Basharī (vol. 2. Tehran: Duktur Maḥmūd Afshār, 1402\/2024, 661-72) (In Persian) and 'The Story of Rustam and Suhrāb, ' by Abu al-Qāsim Firdawsī, edited by Jalal Khaleqi Motlaq (Tehran: Sokhan 2014; rev. 2020). He has also contributed to a book by Arezou Azad \u003ci\u003eThe Warehouse of Bamiyan: Economic Life in Medieval Afghanistan \u003c\/i\u003e(Edinburgh University Press, 2025).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAzad, Arezou:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Arezou Azad is Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Invisible East programme at the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford. She is also Professor and Chair of the Arts and Heritage of Afghanistan at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco) in Paris. She has authored four other peer-reviewed books: \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Barmakids \u003c\/i\u003e(Edinburgh University Press, 2026), \u003ci\u003eThe Warehouse of Bamiyan: Economic Life in Medieval Afghanistan \u003c\/i\u003e(Edinburgh University Press, 2025), \u003ci\u003eFa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eḍ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eā\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eʾ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eil-i Balkh or \"The Merits of Balkh\"\u003c\/i\u003e, an annotated translation of a 13th-century history of Balkh (Edinburgh University Press, 2021) and \u003ci\u003eSacred Landscape in Medieval Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2013).","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160171409682,"sku":"9781399546706","price":130.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3f9c11df-0b6c-48f6-ba20-d1397aa426af.jpg?v=1775038994","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-warehouse-of-bamiyan-economic-life-in-medieval-afghanistan-9781399546706","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}