"The Sliver of the Oxus Borderland: Medieval Cultural Encounters between the Arabs and Persians" a talk by Dr Manu P. Sobti at Conference Room - 1, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 19th January 2013

Time : 6:30 pm

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Place : Conference Room - 1, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Muller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : 'The Sliver of the Oxus Borderland: Medieval Cultural Encounters between the Arabs and Persians' a talk by Dr Manu P. Sobti, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
A talk on a unique borderland condition on the Silk Road on the Oxus river, combining fieldwork with close reading of archival sources from across the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, to unravel how conflict, reconciliation and interaction between medieval Arab and Persian communities created distinct urban forms along this geographically significant and politically critical divide.

Chair : Dr Arup Banerji, Associate Professor of History, University of Delhi

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