Peter B. Golden

This collection of studies deals with the nomads of western Central Eurasia (Khazars, Oghuz, and Qipchaqs in particular) between the 6th and 13th centuries and their political and cultural interaction with their sedentary neighbors, especially Kievan Rus' and Christian Transcaucasia.

Turks, Khazars and Qipchaqs

Nomads and Their Neighbours in the Russian Steppe

Tibor Halasi-Kun

Aden, of old one of the main Eurasian ports for goods from China, Southeast Asia and India on their way to the Mediterranean lands, was controlled during the 13th - 15th centuries by the Ras lid dynasty. One of their kings, al-Malik al-Afd al al- Abb s b. Al (1363-1377) wrote multilingual glossaries (vocabularia) of extraordinary importance, universally termed the Ras lid Hexaglot. Its emergence caused quite a stir (e.g. New York Times, February 1981), and it is with pride that we now present our customers with the authoritative translation, commentary, and explanation of the socio-historical context by a group of major experts. The Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Greek, Armenian and Mongol languages in the King s Dictionary were the most important tongues of the Eastern Mediterranean. The Greek, Armenian and Mongol sections, in particular, provide one of the few examples of transcriptions of living vernacular forms of the era. Thomas Allsen s captivating chapter on the Eurasian Cultural Context of the dictionary makes clear, i.a., the depth of connections among several Eurasian cultural areas in the aftermath of the Mongol conquests.

Central Asia

Khazar Studies: Text

This second collection of studies by Peter Golden continues his explorations of the TÃ1/4rk Empire (mid-sixth to mid-eighth centuries), the stateless polities that followed its collapse, and of the Khazar Qaghanate (mid-seventh century to ca. 965-969), its imperial successor state in the western Eurasian steppes. Examined here are issues relating to the rise of the TÃ1/4rks, slavery and its role in Turkic nomadic societies, and the cultural interactions between Turkic nomads and neighbouring societies, notably Kievan Rus', Georgia and the Islamic world.

Origins, Institutions, and Interactions in Pre-Mongol Eurasia

Turks and Khazars

Haggai Ben-Shammai

András Róna-Tas

The Khazar Empire was one of the major states of medieval Eurasia. Drawing on a variety of disciplines (history, linguistics, archaeology, literary studies), the papers in this volume shed new light on many of the disputed topics in Khazar history.

Peter B. Golden

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