History of Inner Asia

Contents

List of maps page vii

Preface ix

Introduction 1

1 The beginnings 46

2 The Kök Turks, the Chinese expansion, and the Arab

conquest 51

3 The Samanids 70

4 The Uighur kingdom of Qocho 77

5 The Qarakhanids 83

6 Seljukids and Ghaznavids 93

7 The conquering Mongols 103

8 The Chaghatayids 117

9 Timur and the Timurids 123

10 The last Timurids and the first Uzbeks 144

11 The Shaybanids 149

12 The rise of Russia, the fall of the Golden Horde, and the

resilient Chaghatayids 162

13 The Buddhist Mongols 167

14 Bukhara, Khiva, and Khoqand in the seventeenth to

nineteenth centuries 177

15 The Russian conquest and rule of Central Asia 195

16 From Governorates-General to Union Republics 209

17 Soviet Central Asia 225

18 Central Asia becomes independent 254

19 Sinkiang as part of China 263

20 Independent Central Asian Republics 275

21 The Republic of Mongolia 297

Summary and conclusion 303

Appendix 1: Dynastic tables 316

Appendix 2: Country data 330

Select bibliography 341

Index 360