Qarakhanid Roads to China

Qarakhanid Roads to China reconsiders the diplomacy, trade and geography of transcontinental networks between Central Asia and China from the 10th to the 12th centuries and challenges the concept of “the Silk Road crisis” in the period between the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the rise of the Mongols. Utilizing a broad range of Islamic and Chinese primary sources together with a...

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Qarakhanid Roads to China reconsiders the diplomacy, trade and geography of transcontinental networks between Central Asia and China from the 10th to the 12th centuries and challenges the concept of “the Silk Road crisis” in the period between the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the rise of the Mongols. Utilizing a broad range of Islamic and Chinese primary sources together with archaeological data, Dilnoza Duturaeva demonstrates the complexity of interaction along the Silk Roads and beyond that, revolutionizes our understanding of the Qarakhanid world and Song-era China’s relations with neighboring regions.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
List of Maps, Tables and Figures
Abbreviations Used in the Tables
Note on Transliterations and Measures
Introduction
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Foreword
Acknowledgments
List of Maps, Tables and Figures
Abbreviations Used in the Tables
Note on Transliterations and Measures
Introduction
1 The Qarakhanid World
Introduction
1Notes on the Qarakhanid Image and Origin
2The Qarakhanid Trade Partners in the West
3The Qarakhanids and the East
Conclusion
2 Between the Islamic World and Liao China
Introduction
1Gifting between the Qarakhanid and the Islamic World: The Ghaznavid Case
2Gifting between the Qarakhanids and the Sinitic World: The Liao Case
Conclusion
3 Envoys and Traders to Northern Song China
Introduction
1Names for the Qarakhanids
2The Image of the West in China
3Envoys and Traders to Kaifeng
4Women Envoys and Travelers
5Official Communication
6Diplomatic Gifts and Trade Commodities
7Roads, Itineraries and Maps
8Missions to Hangzhou?
Conclusion
4 Before China: Dunhuang, Turfan and Tibet
Introduction
1Dunhuang
2Turfan
3Tibet
Conclusion
5 Qarakhanid Allies and China
Introduction
1The Liao Envoy in Ghazna and the “Persians” from Northern India in Kaifeng
2Sultans and Rum: Saljuq Missions to Northern Song China
3The “Uyghurs” of Khwarzm: Records on the Khwarazmshahs
Conclusion
6 The Qarakhanid Silk Roads and Beyond
Introduction
1Silk Road Symbols and Images
2The Amber Road and Migration of Culture
3The Frankincense Road
4The Qinghai Road: Tea and Horse Trade
Conclusion
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Records on the Qarakhanids in Song shi
Appendix 2: Documents on the Qarakhanid Diplomacy and Trade
Appendix 3: List of the Qarakhanid Missions to Song China
Appendix 4: Glossary of Chinese Characters
Bibliography
Index
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