Online Lecture: "The Integration of Bukhara into the Islamic Empire"Lecture Series on the History and Culture of Central Asia
15. Dezember 2020, von AAI Webmaster
On Dec. 15, 2020, Stefan Heidemann (AAI, UHH) will hold the first lecture in the Lecture Series on the History and Culture of Central Asia. His lecture will discuss
"The Integration of Bukhara into the Islamic Empire."
Abstract:
Bukhara is located in the center of Transoxiana. It never was integrated into the Sasanian Empire, and held a high degree of autonomy under the Bulharkhoda. The Islamic Empire changed this. The Ṭāhirids are sometimes portrayed as the first autonomous or even independent dynasty of the Islamic Empire. The paper argued that despite their apparently autonomous decision making in Khurāsān and Transoxiana, the Ṭāhirids were not only well integrated into the empire, but also achieved a larger integration of the eastern realms of the empire into the fiscal administration. They fostered a close integration of the eastern part of the empire to its caliphal centers in Iraq. This will be argued in three steps: the family ties of the Ṭāhirids, the vanishing of eastern principalities, and taxation and coinage.
The Lecture Series is a joint project by the İmam Bukhari International Scientific Research Center under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Asien-Afrika-Institut of Universität Hamburg. The lectures will take place from 10-12 a.m. Central European Standard Time / 2-4 p.m. Tashkent time.
Only registered attendees will be able to access the event. To register, please send an e-mail to Natalie Kontny (natalie.kontny@uni-hamburg.de).