Ebb and Flow of the Ghrid Empire

David C. Thomas is an honorary associate in archaeology at La Trobe University.

‘This book is very well researched and draws on a wide range of sources, both written and archaeological, and does a great deal to place Ghurid studies into the historiographic continuum.’

• List of figuresList of platesList of tablesAbstract in DariAcknowledgementsPrefaceNote on transliteration and datesAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The nomadic empire of the Ghūrids2. The Ghūrid landscapes3. The rise, expansion and demise of the Ghūrids under the Shansabānīd dynasty4. The archaeological remains of the Ghūrids5. Exploring Jām6. Re-defining Jām: an archaeological eye in the sky7. The Ghūrids: an unsustainable Early Islamic polity PlatesAppendix 1: Google Earth study areasAppendix 2: less well-known ethnies and dynastiesWorks citedIndexSupplementary appendicesAppendix 3: Ghūrid sitesAppendix 4: Architectural details of sites and structures recorded by MJAP in 2003 and 2005Appendix 5: MJAP robber hole dataAppendix 6: MJAP robber holesAppendix 7: Excavated contexts, MJAP 2003 and 2005Appendix 8: Small finds, MJAP 2003 and 2005Appendix 9: X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) dataAppendix 10: Environmental dataAppendix 11: Descriptions of Ghūrid sites analysed in high-resolution satellite images available through Google EarthAppendix 12: Descriptions of selected Ghūrid sites analysed using upgraded satellite images available through Google EarthAppendix 13: ASAGE sites referred to in Chapter 7Appendix 14: Summary data for all the ASAGE sites