Tajikistan A Political and Social History

• Other Authors: Nourzhanov, Kirill (Editor), Bleuer, Christian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: ANU Press 2013
• Subjects: History of other lands; Asian history; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book is a historical study of the Tajiks in Central Asia from the ancient times to the post-Soviet period. For millennia, these descendants of the original Aryan settlers were part of many different empires set up by Greek, Arab, Turkic and Russian invaders, as well as their own, most notably d...