The heart of AsiaFront matterReading editionChapter navigation46 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE HEART OF ASIAINTRODUCTIONChapter I · Earliest Times to the Death of AlexanderChapter II · Bactrians and ParthiansChapter III · The Huns and the Yué-ChiChapter IV · The Sāsānides, the Ephthalites, and the TurksChapter V · The Rise of Islām and Invasions of the ArabsChapter VI · The First Eastern Campaigns of Kutayba ibn MuslimChapter VII · Kutayba’s Last CampaignsChapter VIII · Kutayba’s Fall and DeathChapter IX · Kutayba’s SuccessorsChapter X · Nasr ibn Sayyār and Abū MuslimChapter XI · Khorāsān under the First `AbbāsidsChapter XII · The Caliphates of El-Mansūr, El-Hādi, and Hārūn er-RashīdChapter XIII · Decline of the Caliphs’ Authority in Khorāsān. The TāhiridesChapter XIV · The Saffārides and the Rise of the SāmānidesChapter XV · The SāmānidesChapter XVI · The Kara-Khānides, or UïghūrsChapter XVII · The Ghaznavides and the Rise of the SeljūksChapter XVIII · The SeljūksChapter XIX · Sultan Sanjar and the Kara-KhitāysChapter XX · The Khwārazm-shāhsChapter XXI · Chingiz KhānChapter XXII · Mongol Invasion of Central AsiaChapter XXIII · The Line of ChaghatāyChapter XXIV · Tīmūr, the Great AmīrChapter XXV · The Successors of TīmūrChapter XXVI · THE SHAYBĀNIDESChapter XXVII · The House of AstrakhanChapter XXVIII · The House of MangitChapter XXIX · Amīr Nasrullah, a Bokhāran NeroChapter I · The Making of RussiaChapter II · Crossing the Threshold of AsiaChapter III · The Struggle with the KhānatesChapter IV · Turkomania and the TurkomansChapter V · The Last Step in AdvanceChapter VI · The Central Asian RailwaysChapter VII · Transcaspia in 1898Chapter VIII · Askabad and MervChapter IX · Bokhārā, a Protected Native StateChapter X · SAMARKANDChapter XI · Friends or Foes?APPENDIX IAPPENDIX IIINDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →THE HEART OF ASIAAll chapters and sections (46)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE HEART OF ASIAINTRODUCTIONPart 1 · Chapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829Part 2 · Chapters1234567891011Part 2 · Other sectionsAPPENDIX IAPPENDIX IIINDEXGŪR AMĪR, THE MAUSOLEUM OF TAMERLANE◇THE HEART OF ASIA →