1st Edition
Tajikistan’s National Epics Muqanna's Rebellion and The Tajik People's Hero Temur Malik
List of Maps
Translator's Introduction
Editor’s Preface
Foreword: The Mission to Serve the Homeland by Imomzoda, M.S.
Biography of Sadriddin Saidmurodzoda Ayni (1878–1954)
Part I MUQANNA’S REBELLION
Chapter 1: Social and Political Situation in Khurasan and Mavarannahr Before the Arab Conquest
Chapter 2: The Biography: Muqanna’s Youth and His Initial Political Activities
Chapter 3: Muqanna’s Open Rebellion
Chapter 4: Muqanna’s Life in the Siyom Fortress and the End of His Cause
Chapter 5: Consequences From Muqanna’s Rebellion
Part II THE TAJIK PEOPLE’S HERO TEMUR MALIK
Chapter 6: Introduction: Conditions in Mavarannahr, Khurasan, and Khorazm
Chapter 7: The Battle of Khujand and the Life of Temur Malik
Part III APPENDICES
Biographical Dictionary
Chronology
Glossary
Historical Gazetteer
Select Bibliography
Index
Biography
Sadriddin Ayni (1878–1954) was a Tajik intellectual and writer.
Translated by Abdusalom Mamadnazarov, Professor of Philology at Tajik National University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Introduced and edited by Jonathan K. Zartman, Associate Professor of National Security Studies, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, USA
