Richard Foltz is Professor of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University, Canada. He is the author of a number of titles on Iranian and Central Asian history, culture and religion including Iran in World History, Religions of Iran and Religions of the Silk Road.

This engagingly written, excellent new history of the Tajik people is an outstanding achievement.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsHistorical TimelineList of IllustrationsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction: Who are the Tajiks?Chapter One: The Prehistory of Central AsiaChapter Two: Sogdians and BactriansChapter Three: The Samanid Empire and the New Persian RenaissanceChapter Four: Tajiks and TurksChapter Five: The Soviet PeriodChapter Six: The Republic of TajikistanChapter Seven: Tajiks Beyond the Borders: Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China, and the DiasporaExcursus: Afghanistan at a Stone's ThrowBibliographyIndex

Richard Foltz is Professor of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University, Canada. He is the author of a number of titles on Iranian and Central Asian history, culture and religion including Iran in World History, Religions of Iran and Religions of the Silk Road.

This engagingly written, excellent new history of the Tajik people is an outstanding achievement.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsHistorical TimelineList of IllustrationsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction: Who are the Tajiks?Chapter One: The Prehistory of Central AsiaChapter Two: Sogdians and BactriansChapter Three: The Samanid Empire and the New Persian RenaissanceChapter Four: Tajiks and TurksChapter Five: The Soviet PeriodChapter Six: The Republic of TajikistanChapter Seven: Tajiks Beyond the Borders: Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China, and the DiasporaExcursus: Afghanistan at a Stone's ThrowBibliographyIndex

Richard Foltz is Professor of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University, Canada. He is the author of a number of titles on Iranian and Central Asian history, culture and religion including Iran in World History, Religions of Iran and Religions of the Silk Road.

This engagingly written, excellent new history of the Tajik people is an outstanding achievement.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsHistorical TimelineList of IllustrationsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction: Who are the Tajiks?Chapter One: The Prehistory of Central AsiaChapter Two: Sogdians and BactriansChapter Three: The Samanid Empire and the New Persian RenaissanceChapter Four: Tajiks and TurksChapter Five: The Soviet PeriodChapter Six: The Republic of TajikistanChapter Seven: Tajiks Beyond the Borders: Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China, and the DiasporaExcursus: Afghanistan at a Stone's ThrowBibliographyIndex