A HISTORY OF RUSSIAN TURKESTAN AND THE CENTRAL ASIAN KHANATES FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES BY FRANCIS HENRY SKRINE FORMERLY A MEMBER OF H.M. INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE AND EDWARD DENISON ROSS, PH.D. PROFESSOR OF PERSIAN AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON WITH 19 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SKETCHES BY VERESTCHAGIN NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS AND 2 MAPS IV. THE SĀSĀNIDES, THE EPHTHALITES, AND THE TURKS V. THE RISE OF ISLAM AND INVASIONS OF THE ARABS X. NASR IBN SAYYAR AND ABU MUSLIM XI. KHORĀSĀN UNDER THE FIRST 'ABBĀSIDS XVII. THE GHAZNAVIDES AND THE RISE OF THE SELJŪKS XVIII. THE SELJŪKS . |