Qarakhanid Roads to China

A History of Sino-Turkic Relations
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-50852-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 627 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies

Qarakhanid Roads to China reconsiders the diplomacy, trade and geography of transcontinental networks between Central Asia and China from the 10th to the 12th centuries and challenges the concept of “the Silk Road crisis” in the period between the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the rise of the Mongols. Utilizing a broad range of Islamic and Chinese primary sources together with archaeological data, Dilnoza Duturaeva demonstrates the complexity of interaction along the Silk Roads and beyond that, revolutionizes our understanding of the Qarakhanid world and Song-era China’s relations with neighboring regions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duturaeva, Dilnoza

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Acknowledgments

List of Maps, Tables and Figures

Abbreviations Used in the Tables

Note on Transliterations and Measures

Introduction

1 The Qarakhanid World

Introduction

1 Notes on the Qarakhanid Image and Origin

2 The Qarakhanid Trade Partners in the West

3 The Qarakhanids and the East

Conclusion

2 Between the Islamic World and Liao China

Introduction

1 Gifting between the Qarakhanid and the Islamic World: The Ghaznavid Case

2 Gifting between the Qarakhanids and the Sinitic World: The Liao Case

Conclusion

3 Envoys and Traders to Northern Song China

Introduction

1 Names for the Qarakhanids

2 The Image of the West in China

3 Envoys and Traders to Kaifeng

4 Women Envoys and Travelers

5 Official Communication

6 Diplomatic Gifts and Trade Commodities

7 Roads, Itineraries and Maps

8 Missions to Hangzhou?

Conclusion

4 Before China: Dunhuang, Turfan and Tibet

Introduction

1 Dunhuang

2 Turfan

3 Tibet

Conclusion

5 Qarakhanid Allies and China

Introduction

1 The Liao Envoy in Ghazna and the “Persians” from Northern India in Kaifeng

2 Sultans and Rum: Saljuq Missions to Northern Song China

3 The “Uyghurs” of Khwarzm: Records on the Khwarazmshahs

Conclusion

6 The Qarakhanid Silk Roads and Beyond

Introduction

1 Silk Road Symbols and Images

2 The Amber Road and Migration of Culture

3 The Frankincense Road

4 The Qinghai Road: Tea and Horse Trade

Conclusion

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Records on the Qarakhanids in Song shi

Appendix 2: Documents on the Qarakhanid Diplomacy and Trade

Appendix 3: List of the Qarakhanid Missions to Song China

Appendix 4: Glossary of Chinese Characters

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dilnoza Duturaeva, Ph.D. (2011), Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, is Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Fellow at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.