History

The eleventh century marked the emergence of the originally nomadic Turks as a new political elite in the history of Central Asia and the Middle East. Under their powerful patronage a new political culture arose in the Islamic world, inspired by an imperial rather than an exclusively Islamic outlook. This shift brought Persian into the limelight as a new cosmopolitan and imperial language across Central Asia, North India, Turkey and Iran. 

The Silk Roads

The rise of Persian language and culture

Timeline

Glossary

A Short Introduction to the History of Central Asia

Short Overview of Dynasties and Sultanates

LIBRARY COLLECTIONS COLLECTED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROJECT

Click here to find the books that were published by IICAS ( International Institute for Central Asian Studies).

Click here to find the 50 volumes of the title ” the Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan” depicting art and objects of material culture originally from Uzbekistan that are now housed outside of the country.