Tajikistan’s National Epics

Sadriddin Ayni (1878–1954) was a Tajik intellectual and writer. Translated by Abdusalom Mamadnazarov, Professor of Philology at Tajik National University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Introduced and edited by Jonathan K. Zartman, Associate Professor of National Security Studies, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, USA

List of Maps

Translators Introduction

Editor’s Preface

Foreword: Dr. M. S. Imomzoda

Biography of Sadriddin Ayni

MUQANNA’S REBELLION

Introduction

Chapter 1: Social and Political Situation in Khorasan and Mavarannahr Before the Arab Conquest

Chapter II: The Biography of Muqanna and His Initial Political Activity

Chapter III: Muqanna’s Open Rebellion

Chapter IV: Muqanna’s Life in the Siyom Fort and the End of His Cause

Chapter V: Consequences from Muqanna’s rebellion

TAJIK PEOPLE’S HERO TEMUR MALIK

Chapter I: Introduction: Conditions in Mavarannahr, Khorasan and Khorazm

Chapter II: The Battle of Khujand and the Life of Temur Malik

APPENDICES:

1. Biographical Dictionary

2. Chronology

3. Glossary

4. Historical Gazetteer

5. Select Bibliography

6. Index