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Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 10 Note on Translation and Transliteration 16 Map 17 Introduction 20 Part 1: Central Asia in the Early Islamic Period, Seventh to Tenth Centuries 24 Introduction 26 A Central Asia and the Arab Conquests 30 1 Baladhuri: The Arab Conquests of Central Asia 30 2 Tabari: Another Look at the Arab Conquests 35 B Central Asia under the Samanids 42 3 Narshakhi: The Rise of the House of Saman 42 4 Hudud al-'Alam: The Frontiers of the Muslim World in the Tenth Century 47 C The Age of Learning 54 5 Ibn Sina: Biographical Notes 54 6 al-Biruni: On the Importance of the Sciences 58 Part 2: Encounter with the Turks 64 Introduction 66 A Turkic Peoples of the Steppe 70 7 The Orkhon Inscriptions: The Early Turks 70 8 al-Jahiz: The Peculiarities of the Turks 74 9 Gardizi: The Turks in Early Muslim Traditions 78 10 Ibn Fadlan: Journey to the Northern Lands 84 B Qarakhanids: The First Turkic Muslim State in Central Asia 88 11 al-Kashghari: On the Linguistic Distribution of the Turks 88 12 Jamal Qarshi: The Conversion to Islam of Satuq Bughra Khan 92 13 Yusuf Hass Hajib: Advice to the Qarakhanid Rulers 95 C Central Asia in the Eleventh and Twelfth Ce

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Levi, Scott Cameron.;Sela, Ron.;

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