In the Service of the Khan
Author | : Igor de Rachewiltz |
Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages | : 862 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Asia, Central |
ISBN | : 9783447033398 |
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Author | : Igor de Rachewiltz |
Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages | : 862 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Asia, Central |
ISBN | : 9783447033398 |
Author | : John DeFrancis |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780824814939 |
As a twenty-three-year-old student in mid-1930s, pre-World War II China, John DeFrancis did not set out to make a thousand-mile camel trek across the Gobi Desert, become the prisoner of a Muslim warlord, or travel twelve hundred miles down the bandit-infested Yellow River on an inflated sheepskin raft. But these were just some of the adventures experienced by the author and his traveling companion when they tried to retrace the footsteps of Genghis Khan and ended up dodging the fighting between the Communists nearing the end of their Long March and a coalition of forces under Chiang Kai-shek's Central Government and a cabal of Muslim warlords. Informed by an extensive knowledge of Chinese history and punctuated with keen observation and gentle humor, the narrative is a personal history that can be read both as a tale of high adventure in the wild west of China and as prelude to the present in that tortured land. Westerners can no longer trace the footsteps of Genghis Khan. Many areas of China that challenged the adventuresome were declared off-limits more than a half-century ago - and the Gobi Desert and sensitive border regions are still inaccessible.
Author | : Leo de Hartog |
Publisher | : Barnes & Noble Publishing |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Mongols |
ISBN | : 9780760711927 |
Author | : Reiner Knizia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016-10-31 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781568821078 |
Card Game
Author | : Henry Freeman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Genghis Khan was the most unlikely of conquerors. An orphan of the Mongolian Steppes, his rise went all but unnoticed by all the great powers around him. His people had been divided and discounted by the Chinese dynasties to his south and completely dismissed by the encroaching Islamic empires to his west. Inside you will read about... ✓ Mystery of the Steppes ✓ When Warriors Are Made ✓ Rites of Passage ✓ A Battle Against Shamanic Destiny ✓ United They Stand ✓ Throwing Sand at an Empire ✓ Genghis Khan’s Crusade ✓ The Last Days of Genghis Khan Known as little more than bandits and nomads, Genghis Khan and his Mongolian horde would shake Kings and Emperors to their very core as they descended like locusts upon all four corners of the known world.
Author | : Awais Khan |
Publisher | : Hera books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2022-10-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1804369039 |
She had everything she ever wanted – apart from love. As the wife of a wealthy but cruel businessman, Mona has all her heart desires: money, friends, social status... everything aside from freedom. Reconnecting with old friend, Meera, introduces her to a world of glamour, parties and covert affairs. And when she meets Ali, a young man whose beautiful exterior hides the pain of his humble roots and family tragedy, Mona feels alive for the very first time. Heady with love, Mona and Ali begin a delicate game of deceit that spirals out of control. But in a world where danger lurks on every corner, their forbidden love may not only destroy Mona’s marriage, but have tragic and long-lasting consequences. A captivating tale of love and loss, set against a backdrop of contemporary Pakistan that fans of Christy Lefteri and Lucinda Riley will love.
Author | : Ghulām Ḥusayn Zaydpūrī |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : Bengal (India) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Baillie Fraser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1850 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Carl Fredrik Sverdrup |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 609 |
Release | : 2017-05-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1913118223 |
“A scholarly, detailed history of how the Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire in history” (Midwest Book Review). The Mongols created the greatest landlocked empire known to history. It was an empire created and sustained by means of conquest. Initially an insignificant tribal leader, Genghis Khan gradually increased his power, overcoming one rival after another. After he had subjugated all tribes of Inner Asia, he struck southward into China and later attacked distant Khwarizm in the Near East. Sübe’etei continued to make significant conquests after Genghis Khan died, conquering central China and leading a large force into the heart of Europe. Between them, Genghis Khan and Sube’etei directed more than 40 campaigns, fought more than 60 battles, and conquered all lands from Korea in the east to Hungary and Poland in the west. This book offers a detailed narrative of the military operations of these two leaders, based on early Mongolian, Chinese, Near Eastern, and European sources. Making full use of Chinese sourced not translated properly into any European language, the account offer details never before given in English works. Detailed maps showing the operations support the text. Many conventional wisdom views of the Mongols, such as their use of terror as a deliberate strategy, or their excellence at siege warfare, are shown to be incorrect. This is a major contribution to our knowledge of the Mongols and their way of warfare. “History is littered with great leaders leading great armies and conquering large swathes of the world—Attila the Hun, Alexander the Great, the Roman Empire . . . but none perhaps as staggering as that of Genghis Khan. I have never heard of Sube’etei, I’m ashamed to say, until now, in this excellent book by Carl Fredrik Sverdrup. Asian history has never particularly appealed to me, but this is big history, and the author’s style makes it compelling and readable.” —Books Monthly “This is a very valuable addition to the literature on the Mongol conquests, giving us a much clearer idea of the detailed course of their campaigns, the world in which they took place, and the methods used to win them.” —History of War
Author | : Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : India |
ISBN | : |