The history of the Islamic world; the formation & development of traditional Islamic thought, & its implications in the modern world; Islamic thought, & its implications in the modern world; Islamic history in comparative perspective.
The philological and historical studies of Sogdian and other Middle Iranian texts unearthed from the area along the ancient Silk Roads
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