The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane (Canto original series) - Softcover

Manz, Beatrice Forbes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521633842 ISBN 13: 9780521633840

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The great nomad conqueror Tamerlane rose to power in 1370 in the ruins of the Mongol Empire and led his armies of conquest from Russia to India, from Turkestan to Anatolia. In this, the first full study of an extraordinary person, Beatrice Forbes Manz examines Tamerlane as the founder of a nomad conquest dynasty and as a supremely talented individual, raising many current questions about the mechanisms of state formation, the dynamics of tribal politics, and the relations of tribes to central leadership.

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Review:

'It should be said at once that this is an excellent book.' Charles Melville, BSOAS

'In thirty years' time this book will still look like a turning point.' Peter Allen, Society for South Asia Studies

'Beatrice Manz has established the standards and criteria upon which all future studies of the warlord conqueror must be based.' John E. Woods, International Journal of Middle-East Studies

Book Description:

In the first full study of an extraordinary person, Beatrice Forbes Manz examines Tamerlane as the founder of a nomad conquest dynasty and as a supremely talented individual, raising many current questions about the mechanisms of state formation, the dynamics of tribal politics, and the relations of tribes to central leadership.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521633842
• ISBN 13: 9780521633840
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248