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Beyond Ibn Hawqal's Bahr al-Fārs: 10th–13th Centuries AD: Sindh and the Kīj-u-Makrān region, hinge of an international network of religious, political, institutional and economic affairs
Valeria Piacentini Fiorani
The first section of the present volume is a report of the Italian involvement in Southern Makrn and Kharn, its aims and objects, modus operandi. It is essentially restricted to the Islamic era and represents a discourse preliminary to the second section. The methodological approach of combining historical sources (written and manuscript, Persian and Arabic) with archaeological evidence and geo-morphological study has allowed for a re-reading of the traditional literature and the role played by Makrn and, in particular, the Kj-u-Makrn region during the 10th-13th Centuries AD. Many questions put by this mystifying region still stand only partly answered, if not completely un-answered. After three seasons of archaeological field-work and research – complemented with accurate geo-morphological surveys and studying – we are still confronted with an elusive region and some crucial queries. 'Part Two' of this study is the follow up of the archaeological and geo-morphological research-work: a historical study, which focuses on the 10th-13th Centuries AD.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents
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List of plates
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Dedication
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Transliteration
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Foreword
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Acknowledgments
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PART ONE. South Makrān. A Vaporous Mystifying Region: Archaeological Evidence vis-à-vis Geo-morphological Configuration and Literary Sources
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1. Italian Initiative in Baluchistan: Italian Historical, Archaeological and Anthropological Research-Work in Makrān and Kharān (Baluchistan): 1987-2001
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2. From Baluchistan to Sindh: Italian Involvement (2010-2012). Search for “the Great Harbour-Town to the East”: Banbhore?
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PART TWO Combining History and Archaeology The Sea
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1. The Būyids: Foundation of a political-military and economic Dominion. The Bahr al-Fārs. Makrān - Spine of a land and sea international trade-network
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2. Turkish Pressure and Invasions. New Alliances. The Seljuks. The closing up of the triangle: Makran – Spine of the new political, military and economic system
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3. Harmuz and Qays: The Configuration of New Cultural and Mercantile Patterns
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4. Harmuz-Qalhāt-Kīj: The Triangle of Harmuz Power and Maritime Dominion. Marco Polo’s “Chesmacoran”
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5. ‘Umān, Makrān, Kirmān ... and the Sea
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Epilogue
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References
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General Index
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Published: 2014
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407342573 (ebook)
- 9781407312927 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2651