{"product_id":"the-ornament-of-histories-c-edmund-bosworth-9781848853539","title":"The Ornament of Histories: A History of the Eastern Islamic Lands AD 650-1041: The Persian Text of Abu Sa'id 'Abd al-Hayy Gardizi","description":"Abu Sa'id 'Abd al-Hayy Gardizi was an author and historian living in the mid-eleventh century at the height of the Turkish Ghazvanid dynasty. His only known work, \"The Ornament of Histories\" (\"Zayn al-akhbir\"), is a hugely ambitious history of the Eastern Islamic lands AD 650-1041, spanning what is now Eastern Iran, Afghanistan and parts of the Central Asian Republics and Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. Gardizi's text is an extremely rare source of primary information about the rise of Islamic faith, culture and military dominance in these regions, and represents a significant contribution to our understanding of the early Islamic world. This is the first English translation of the original Persian text, and is accompanied by an introduction and commentary which details the historical, geographical and cultural context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. Edmund Bosworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 184885353X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848853539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.53h x 6.83w x 0.78d","brand":"C. Edmund Bosworth","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088898240767,"sku":"9781848853539","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_376b6174-cd40-4cda-aa2e-a7ee5d426369.jpg?v=1769107158","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ornament-of-histories-c-edmund-bosworth-9781848853539","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}