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Chinggis Khan

Author: Michal Biran
Publisher: Oxford : Oneworld, 2007.
Series: Makers of the Muslim world.
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"Chinggis Khan (c.1162-1227) was perhaps the most influential man of the last millennium, and although often criticised as a mass-slaughterer, pillager, and arch-enemy of Islam, his monumental impact upon the Muslim world, past and present, is impossible to deny." "In this new perspective, Michal Biran stresses that aside from death and destruction, Chinggis Khan's constructive influence upon Islam was also  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
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Biran, Michal.
Chinggis Khan.
Oxford : Oneworld, 2007
(OCoLC)608211702
Named Person: Genghis Khan; Genghis Khan; Dschingis-Khan (Mongolenreich)
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michal Biran
ISBN: 9781851685028 1851685022
OCLC Number: 76365355
Description: x, 182 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents: List of Maps, Figures and IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Chinggis?Ch. 1: Asia, the Steppe and the Islamic World on the Eve of the MongolsCh. 2: Temujin's MongoliaCh. 3: World Conquest: How Did He Do It?Ch. 4: The Chinggisid Legacy in the Muslim WorldCh. 5: From the Accursed to the Revered Father and Back: Changing Images of Chinggis Khan in the Muslim World.Ch. 6: Appropriating Chinggis: A Comparative ApproachSelected BibliographyIndex
Series Title: Makers of the Muslim world.
Responsibility: Michal Biran.

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Explains the monumental impact Chinggis Khan has had upon the Islamic World, both positive and negative. Often criticised as a mass-slaughterer, pillager, and arch-enemy of the faith, this work shows  Read more...

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