The Islamization of Central Asia in the Sāmānid era and the reshaping of the Muslim world

Tor, D. G.

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“…According to legendary data, the Arab conquest of Ferghana took place in the 7 th century, but according to historical sources, this event took place in the 8 th century and is associated not with the legendary personalities of Shah Jarir and Shah Fazil, but with the Arab commander Kuteiba ibn Muslim (Kennedy, 2007;Tor, 2009). No reliable historical sources confirm the existence of such personalities as Shah Jarir, Shah Fazil, and Safid-Bulan.…”

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The architectural complex of Shah Fazil in legends and writings about the period of the Arab conquest of Ferghana

Imankulov,

Jing,

Fei

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The historical and architectural complex of Shah Fazil is one of the holiest places for Muslims and a historical monument, and the relevance of its study is related to its religious, historical and cultural importance. The purpose of the study is to investigate the establishment of the Shah Fazil architectural complex and determine the connection between the legends about the foundation of the Shah Fazil mausoleum during the Arab conquest of Ferghana and real historical facts. The study used general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, comparison, as well as historical-critical, comparative and dialectical methods. As a result, it was established that the Shah Fazil architectural complex is a unique object of cultural heritage. It includes several architectural monuments, the most significant of which is the 11th century mausoleum. Of particular value is the interior of the mausoleum, decorated with carved carvings and religious inscriptions. According to legend, the founder of the complex, the great-grandson of the prophet Muhammed, Shah Fazil, who conquered the Ferghana Valley in the 7th century, is buried in the mausoleum. Here, according to legend, is the burial place of 2,700 Arab soldiers, companions of Shah Jarir, father of Shah Fazil, who died at the hands of local pagans. The soldiers were buried by the maid Safid-Bulan, after whom the village where the complex is located is named. The figures appearing in the legend of the individual are the fruit of folklore, but the story itself has a historical basis and serves as an echo of real events that took place at the beginning of the conquest of the Ferghana Valley by the Arabs. The practical value of the study is determined by the fact that its materials can be used in further research of the historical and architectural complex of Shah Fazil, and is also a source for the use of elements of ancient architecture in the design of modern buildings

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The architectural complex of Shah Fazil in legends and writings about the period of the Arab conquest of Ferghana

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“…cis-Oxanian Khurāsān, together with what was usually its dependent province, Transoxiana (obviously, during Sāmānid times, the seat of government was actually located in Transoxiana), although "Khurāsān" is normally used in the primary sources to encompass both the cis-Oxanian and trans-Oxanian territories that were normally incorporated under the rule of the governorate of Khurāsān; it is in this more inclusive sense that the term "Khurāsān" will be used henceforth. 7 On which see, in addition to Tor 2015: Tor 2009aTor 2002;and Bosworth 1975: esp. 162-87. of this dynasty's realm was far greater than that of any other Sunni dynasty had been since the political crumbling of the unitary caliphate.…”

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“…12On these conquests see e.g. Tor 2009a: passim ; Bosworth 1966: 88; Peacock 2005: 205–30; on trade, e.g. Noonan 1998; Kovalev 2002: 197–216; and King 2011: 175–85.…”

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The Eclipse of Khurāsān in the twelfth century

Tor

2018

Bull. Sch. Orient. Afr. stud.

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The province of Khurāsān constituted the centre of political, cultural, and religious life in the Sunni Islamic world from the ninth until the mid-twelfth century, after which Khurāsān was completely eclipsed. The question of how this occurred has remained almost completely unstudied; and the one study that there is does not consult the key primary literary sources for the time. The purpose of this article, therefore, is to re-examine what the primary sources reveal about the catastrophic cultural and political eclipse of Khurāsān in the mid-twelfth century, in order to demonstrate that this catastrophe was not due to “climate, cotton and camels” – in fact, Khurāsān was doing very well until the 1150s – but to concrete human agency and action: namely, the province's destruction by the rampaging Oghuz Turkmens after Sultan Sanjar had been taken captive by them in 1153, thus leading directly to the downfall of the Great Seljuq Sultanate.

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The Islamization of Central Asia in the Sāmānid era and the reshaping of the Muslim world

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The architectural complex of Shah Fazil in legends and writings about the period of the Arab conquest of Ferghana

The architectural complex of Shah Fazil in legends and writings about the period of the Arab conquest of Ferghana

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