Continuity and Change in Medieval Persia: Aspects of Administrative, Economic and Social History, 11Th-14th Century

by Ann K.S. Lambton

Continuity and often violent change in medieval Persia are revealed in this detailed study of aspects of Persian history during three turbulent centuries (1040-1335 A.D.). An extensive introduction provides the chronological framework for this examination of the vital areas of administrative, economic, and social history.

This book is a major contribution from the pen of a scholar whose knowledge of the sources of the history of Islamic Persia and of the country itself is hardly to be matched by any living Western scholar. Lambton provides an astonishing amount of information and also uniquely deep insights into Persian history and society.

Genres: History, Islam

425 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Ann Katharine Swynford Lambton PhD FBA OBE, usually known as A.K.S. Lambton, was a British historian and leading figure on medieval and early modern Persian history, Persian language, Islamic political theory, and Persian social organisation.