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abandoning them, telling them they should serve the Han Chinese. Miwnay asked one of her husband's relative Artivan and then asked another Sogdian man, Farnkhund to help them but they also abandoned them. Miwnay and her daughter Shayn were then forced to became servants of Han Chinese after living on charity from a priest. Miwnay cursed her Sogdian husband for leaving her, saying she would rather have been married to a pig or dog. Another letter in the collection was written by the Sogdian Nanai-vandak addressed to Sogdians back home in Samarkand informing them about a mass rebellion by Xiongnu Hun rebels against their Han Chinese rulers of the Western Jin dynasty informing his people that every single one of the diaspora Sogdians and Indians in the Chinese Western Jin capital Luoyang died of starvation due to the uprising by the rebellious Xiongnu, who were formerly subjects of the Han Chinese. The Han Chinese emperor abandoned Luoyang when it came under siege by the Xiongnu rebels and his palace was burned down. Nanai-vandak also said the city of
3345:, High nosed Sogdians were slaughtered in Youzhou in 761. Youzhou had Linzhou, another "protected" prefecture attached to it and Sogdians lived there in great numbers. because Gao Juren, like Tian Shengong wanted to defect to the Tang dynasty and wanted them to publicly recognize and acknowledge him as a regional warlord and offered the slaughter of the Central Asian Hu "barbarians" as a blood sacrifice for the Tang court to acknowledge his allegiance without him giving up territory. according to the book, "History of An Lushan" (安祿山史記). Another source says the slaughter of the Hu barbarians serving Ashina Chengqing was done by Gao Juren in Fanyang in order to deprive him of his support base, since the Tiele, Tongluo, Sogdians and Turks were all Hu and supported the Turk Ashina Chengqing against the Mohe, Xi, Khitan and Goguryeo origin soldiers led by Gao Juren. Gao Juren was later killed by Li Huaixian, who was loyal to Shi Chaoyi. A massacre of foreign Arab and Persian Muslim merchants by former Yan rebel general 1061: 2374: 915: 2161: 2241: 4400: 1355: 2095: 2149: 1554: 2365: 4150: 4024: 3089: 3581: 4033: 3417:
limiting their choice of spouses among the same ethnicity. Another epitaph in Luoyang of a Nestorian Christian Sogdian woman also surnamed An was discovered and she was put in her tomb by her military officer son on 22 January 815. This Sogdian woman's husband was surnamed He (和) and he was a Han Chinese man and the family was indicated to be multiethnic on the epitaph pillar. In Luoyang, the mixed raced sons of Nestorian Christian Sogdian women and Han Chinese men has many career paths available for them. Neither their mixed ethnicity nor their faith were barriers and they were able to become civil officials, a military officers and openly celebrated their Christian religion and support Christian monasteries.
3421: 3014: 3029: 1977: 555: 3760: 1612: 2831: 1491: 1839: 4228: 3041: 2957: 1072: 3353:, since Tian Shengong was defecting to the Tang dynasty and wanted them to publicly recognized and acknowledge him, and the Tang court portrayed the war as between rebel hu barbarians of the Yan against Han Chinese of the Tang dynasty, Tian Shengong slaughtered foreigners as a blood sacrifice to prove he was loyal to the Han Chinese Tang dynasty state and for them to recognize him as a regional warlord without him giving up territory, and he killed other foreign Hu barbarian ethnicities as well whose ethnic groups were not specified, not only Arabs and Persians since it was directed against all foreigners. 2504: 3921: 1277: 4645: 1460: 1823: 14014: 2446: 2455: 564: 830: 2232: 11509:... di almeno un testo cristiano in cinese, il rotolo P. 3847, contenente la traduzione cinese dell'inno siriaco Gloria in excelsis Deo, di cui fu redatta anche una traduzione sogdiana(giunta a noi in frammenti) a Bulayìq (Turfan). L'unico elemento che ci conferma, infine, una assai probabile presenza cristiana in quest'epoca nel sud della Cina, legata ai commerci marittimi, è il ritrovamento presso Guilin (odierno Guangxi) dell'epitaffio funebre del cristiano An Yena, morto tra il 707 e il 709. 7119:, p. 30: "Of a total of sixteen countries, seven have always been identified beyond doubt, as they kept their name until historical times or even to the present day. Five of these countries are at the beginning of the list, directly following Airyanem Vaējah: Gava "inhabited by the Sogdians", Merv, Bactria, Nisāya said to be "between Margiana and Bactria" and therefore corresponding at least in part to medieval Juzjān in northwest Afghanistan. Then comes the sixth country, Harōiva " 49: 2819:, was approached by Sogdian merchants requesting permission to seek an audience with the Sassanid king of kings for the privilege of traveling through Persian territories in order to trade with the Byzantines. Istämi refused the first request, but when he sanctioned the second one and had the Sogdian embassy sent to the Sassanid king, the latter had the members of the embassy poisoned. Maniah, a Sogdian diplomat, convinced Istämi to send an embassy directly to Byzantium's capital 3158: 1476: 691: 2495: 6757: 1759: 3080: 1570: 12715: 3721:
served as the official palace of the rulers of Samarkand. The oldest surviving Sogdian monumental wall murals date to the 5th century and are located at Panjakent, Tajikistan. In addition to revealing aspects of their social and political lives, Sogdian art has also been instrumental in aiding historians' understanding of their religious beliefs. For instance, it is clear that Buddhist Sogdians incorporated some of their own
3276: 3237:(618 – 907 AD), the Sogdians "became the most influential of the non-Chinese groups resident in China". Two different types of Sogdians came to China, envoys and merchants. Sogdian envoys settled, marrying Chinese women, purchasing land, with newcomers living there permanently instead of returning to their homelands in Sogdiana. They were concentrated in large numbers around Luoyang and Chang'an, and also 4496: 3404:
Amoghavajrya's assistance in crushing An Lushan, Estoteric Buddhism became the official state Buddhist sect supported by the Tang dynasty, "Imperial Buddhism" with state funding and backing for writing scriptures, and constructing monasteries and temples. The disciples of Amoghavajra did ceremonies for the state and emperor. Tang dynasty Emperor Suzong was crowned as
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place. (...) The whole artistic project was aimed at exalting the royal figure and the magnificence of his court. (...) the main scenes from the northern wall represents the ruler sitting cross-legged on a throne (see Figs 13, 14) (...) It was undoubtedly a private residence of the Qarakhanid ruler and his family and not a place for solemn receptions.
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development. Syriac Christians would have numbered among these initial Sogdian colonists, and religious persecutions in the Sassanid Empire also drove Christians into Zhetysu, where the ruling Turks offered greater religious tolerance. The region experienced a significant religious-political development when the
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girls were exoticized in poems. Han men did not want to legally marry them unless they had no choice such as if they were on the frontier or in exile since the Han men would be socially disadvantaged and have to marry non-Han. The task of taking care of herd animals like sheep and cattle was given to
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of the 6th to 7th centuries in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, offer a rare surviving example of Sogdian art. The paintings, showing scenes of daily life and events such as the arrival of foreign ambassadors, are located within the ruins of aristocratic homes. It is unclear if any of these palatial residences
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of a Nestorian Christian Sogdian woman, who Lady An (安氏) who died in 821 and her Nestorian Christian Han Chinese husband, Hua Xian (花献) who died in 827. These Han Chinese Christian men may have married Sogdian Christian women because of a lack of Han Chinese women belonging to the Christian religion,
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remarked that "the largest of these embassies to foreign states numbered several hundred persons, while even the smaller parties included over 100 members ... In the course of one year anywhere from five to six to over ten parties would be sent out." In terms of the silk trade, the Sogdians also
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demonstrates that at least one Chinese man bought a Sogdian girl in 639 AD. One of the archaeologists who excavated the Astana site, Wu Zhen, contends that, although many households along the Silk Road bought individual slaves, as demonstrated in the earlier documents from Niya, the Turpan documents
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Among the Sogdian Christians known in China from inscriptions and texts were An Yena, a Christian from An country (Bukhara). Mi Jifen a Christian from Mi country (Maymurgh), Kang Zhitong, a Sogdian Christian cleric from Kang country (Samarkand), Mi Xuanqing a Sogdian Christian cleric from Mi country
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monastery to the north of Turpan contained Sogdian Christian texts, and there are numerous Manichaean texts in Sogdiana from nearby Qocho. The reconversion of Sogdians from Buddhism to Zoroastrianism coincided with the adoption of Zoroastrianism by the Sassanid Empire of Persia. From the 4th century
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The first one is the funerary inscription of another Bukharan Christian, who died during the Jinglong JptH era (707–710) in Guilin ££^, southern China, and whose name was An Yena^Wffi (see Jiang Boqin 1994). The second is the epitaph of the Sogdian gentleman Mi Jifen ^Iffi^ (714–805) from Maymurgh;
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The ceramics and monetary finds in the pavilion can be dated to no earlier than to the second half of the twelfth century, and more plausibly towards the end of that century. This is the only pavilion of those excavated that was decorated with paintings, which leave no doubt about the master of the
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The ceramics and monetary finds in the pavilion can be dated to no earlier than to the second half of the twelfth century, and more plausibly towards the end of that century. This is the only pavilion of those excavated that was decorated with paintings, which leave no doubt about the master of the
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For both sexes clothes were tight-fitted, and narrow waists and wrists were appreciated. The silhouettes for grown men and young girls emphasized wide shoulders and narrowed to the waist; the silhouettes for female aristocrats were more complicated. The Sogdian clothing underwent a thorough process
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was part of the Greek civilization. As the Achaemenids conquered it, they met persistent resistance and revolt. One of their solutions was to ethnically cleanse rebelling regions, relocating those who survived to the far side of the empire. Thus Sogdiana came to have a significant Greek population.
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Sogdian slave girls and their Chinese male owners made up the majority of Sogdian female-Chinese male pairings, while free Sogdian women were the most common spouse of Sogdian men. A smaller number of Chinese women were paired with elite Sogdian men. Sogdian man-and-woman pairings made up eighteen
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fled the capital, there was no worthwhile business there for Indian and Sogdian merchants. Furthermore, in 568 AD, a Turko-Sogdian delegation travelled to the Roman emperor in Constantinople to obtain permission to trade and in the following years commercial activity between the states flourished.
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by Amoghavajra after victory against An Lushan in 759 and he had invoked the Acala vidyaraja against An Lushan. The Tang dynasty crown prince Li Heng (later Suzong) also received important strategic military information from Chang'an when it was occupied by An Lushan though secret message sent by
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used his rituals against An Lushan while staying in Chang'an when it was occupied in 756 while the Tang dynasty crown prince and Xuanzong emperor had retreated to Sichuan. Amoghavajra's rituals were explicitly intended to introduced death, disaster and disease against An Lushan. As a result of
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Clifford Edmund Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual, Columbia University, 1996. pg 147: "The Sajids were a line of caliphal governors in north-western Persia, the family of a commander in the 'Abbasid service of Soghdian descent which became culturally
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Central Asians like Sogdians were called "Hu" (胡) by the Chinese during the Tang dynasty. Central Asian "Hu" women were stereotyped as barmaids or dancers by Han in China. Han Chinese men engaged in mostly extra-marital sexual relationships with them as the "Hu" women in China mostly occupied
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who had a daughter named Shayn and she wrote to her mother Chatis in Sogdia. Miwnay and her daughter were abandoned in China by Nanai-dhat, her husband who was also Sogdian like her. Nanai-dhat refused to help Miwnay and their daughter after forcing them to come with him to Dunhuang and then
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after the Göktürk Khaganate took over the region in the sixth century. Following that conquest, the Sogdians, an Iranian people historically known for their commercial influence throughout the Silk Road networks, colonized the area under the encouragement of Turkic rulers eager for economic
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However, the Sogdians epitomized the religious plurality found along the trade routes. The largest body of Sogdian texts are Buddhist, and Sogdians were among the principal translators of Buddhist sutras into Chinese. However, Buddhism did not take root in Sogdiana itself. Additionally, the
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noted with approval that Sogdian boys were taught to read and write at the age of five, though their skill was turned to trade, disappointing the scholarly Xuanzang. He also recorded the Sogdians working in other capacities such as farmers, carpetweavers, glassmakers, and woodcarvers.
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The Sogdians practiced a variety of religious faiths. However, Zoroastrianism was most likely their main religion, as demonstrated by material evidence, such as the discovery in Samarkand, Panjakent and Er-Kurgan of murals depicting votaries making offerings before fire altars and
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The 6th century is thought to be the peak of Sogdian culture, judging by its highly developed artistic tradition. By this point, the Sogdians were entrenched in their role as the central Asian traveling and trading merchants, transferring goods, culture and religion. During the
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Taenzer, Gertraud (2016), "Changing Relations between Administration, Clergy and Lay People in Eastern Central Asia: a Case Study According to the Dunhuang Manuscripts Referring to the Transition from Tibetan to Local Rule in Dunhuang, 8th–11th Centuries", in Carmen Meinert,
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Taenzer, Gertraud (2016), "Changing Relations between Administration, Clergy and Lay People in Eastern Central Asia: a Case Study According to the Dunhuang Manuscripts Referring to the Transition from Tibetan to Local Rule in Dunhuang, 8th–11th Centuries", in Carmen Meinert,
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of silk were paid to a certain Mi Lushan, a slave dealing Sogdian, by a Chinese man named Tang Rong (唐榮) of Chang'an, for the purchase of an eleven-year-old girl. A person from Xizhou, a Tokharistani (i.e. Bactrian), and three Sogdians verified the sale of the girl.
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Peintures murales qui ornaient (...) la résidence privée des derniers souverains qarakhanides de Samarkande (fin du 12ième - début du 13ième siècle (...) le souverain assis, les jambes repliées sur le trône, tient une flèche, symbole du pouvoir
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Hulsewé, A.F.P. (1986). "Ch'in and Han law", in The Cambridge History of China: Volume I: the Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 B.C. – A.D. 220, 520–544. Edited by Denis Twitchett and Michael Loewe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 524–525,
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It is evident that when the Northern Wei defeated Northern Liang and seized its capital (439), they captured a large number of Sogdian merchants living in Wuwei and resettled them in Pingcheng (present-day Datong), the capital of the Northern
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Sogdians continued as active traders in China following the defeat of the rebellion, but many of them were compelled to hide their ethnic identity. A prominent case was An Chongzhang, Minister of War, and Duke of Liang who, in 756, asked
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place. (...) The whole artistic project was aimed at exalting the royal figure and the magnificence of his court. (...) It was undoubtedly a private residence of the Qarakhanid ruler and his family and not a place for solemn receptions.
12057:... 1033 Chinese Mohammedans, " 9012 " How Can We Best Reach the Mohammedan Women ?, " 6025 " How Islam Entered China, " 1057 " The Hu - Chi, Mainly Iranian Girls Found in China during the Tang Period, " 2010 " The Hui and the ... 12027:... 1033 Chinese Mohammedans, " 9012 " How Can We Best Reach the Mohammedan Women ?, " 6025 " How Islam Entered China, " 1057 " The Hu - Chi, Mainly Iranian Girls Found in China during the Tang Period, " 2010 " The Hui and the ... 10343:(A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Department of History and Classics). University of Alberta Libraries. pp. 91, 92, 93. 10184:(Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of The University of Texas at Dallas in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History of Ideas). The University of Texas at Dallas. pp. 110, 111. 12087: 11989:... see Mikinosuke ISHIDA, " Etudes sino – iraniennes, I : A propos du Hou – siuan – wou, " AIRDTB, 6 ( 1932 ) 61–76, and " The Hu – chi, Mainly Iranian Girls, found in China during the Tang Period, " MRDTB, 20 ( 1961 ) 35–40 . 10226:(A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Department of History and Classics). University of Alberta Libraries. pp. 93, 94. 7131:, p.166 "The fact that the oldest Young Avestan texts apparently contain no reference to western Iran, including Media, would seem to indicate that they were composed in eastern Iran before the Median domination reached the area.". 10613: 3263:
explaining the history of their illustrious houses. Their burial practices blended both Chinese forms such as carved funerary beds with Zoroastrian sensibilities in mind, such as separating the body from both the earth and water.
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in the 7th century AD. These paintings suggest that Sogdia was a very cosmopolitan environment at that time, as delegates of various nations, including Chinese and Korean delegates, are also shown. From around 650, China led the
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region and shows that twenty-nine out of the thirty-five commercial transactions involved Sogdian merchants, and in thirteen of those cases both the buyer and the seller were Sogdian. Trade goods brought to China included
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militarily crush the An Lushan rebellion, with Yisi personally acting as a military commander and Yisi and the Nestorian Church of the East were rewarded by the Tang dynasty with titles and positions as described in the
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After an extended campaign putting down Sogdian resistance and founding military outposts manned by his Macedonian veterans, Alexander united Sogdiana with Bactria into one satrapy. The Sogdian nobleman and warlord
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Mark J. Dresden (2003), "Sogdian Language and Literature", in Ehsan Yarshater, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol III: The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian Periods, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1219,
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Mark J. Dresden (2003), "Sogdian Language and Literature", in Ehsan Yarshater, The Cambridge History of Iran, Vol III: The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanian Periods, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1217,
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brought about the forced immigration to Samarkand of artisans and intellectuals from across Asia, transforming it not only into a trade hub but also into one of the most important cities of the Islamic world.
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Because of the Hephthalite occupation of Sogdia, the original coinage of Sogdia came to be flooded by the influx of Sasanian coins received as a tribute to the Hephthalites. This coinage then spread along the
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inscriptions, Sugda and Suguda, and the knowledge derived from Middle Sogdian that Old Persian -gd- applied to Sogdian was pronounced as voiced fricatives, -γδ-, Szemerényi arrives at *Suγδa as an Old Sogdian
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The style of this period in Kizil is characterized by strong Iranian-Sogdian elements probably brought with intense Sogdian-Tocharian trade, the influence of which is especially apparent in the Central-Asian
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clan and economic clout of the Sogdians. Sogdian trade, with some interruptions, continued into the 9th century. For instance, camels, women, girls, silver, and gold were seized from Sogdia during a raid by
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Ce sont les décors funéraires les plus riches de cette époque, venant juste après ceux de la famille impériale; il est probable que les sabao étaient parmi les éléments les plus fortunés de la population.
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and religious faiths of the Sogdians, such as Manichaeism, Buddhism, and Christianity, but also looked to the Sogdians as "mentors", while gradually replacing them in their roles as Silk Road traders and
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closely related to Sogdian, and were already engaging in overland trade. Some of them had also gradually settled the land to engage in agriculture. Similar to how the Yuezhi offered tributary gifts of
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The wealth of the Sasanian ransoms and tributes to the Hephthalites may have been reinvested in Sogdia, possibly explaining the prosperity of the region from that time. Sogdia, at the center of a new
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Katô Hakushi Kanreki Kinen Ronbunshû Kankôkai. 83–91. Tokyo: Fuzanbô. ———. 1948. Tôshi sôshô. Tokyo: Kaname Shohô. ———. 1961. "The hu-chi, mainly Iranian girls, found in China during the Tang period.
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offers a fictionalized account of a Kuchean courtesan's experiences in the 9th century without providing any sources, although she has clearly drawn on the description of the prostitutes' quarter in
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of the Middle East and West Asia. Sogdians played a major role in facilitating trade between China and Central Asia along the Silk Roads as late as the 10th century, their language serving as a
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Mark J. Dresden (1981), "Introductory Note", in Guitty Azarpay, Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, pp 5–6,
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and Nestorian Christianity in China. In 1926, Japanese scholar Kuwabara compiled evidence for Sogdians in Chinese historical sources, and by 1933, Chinese historian Xiang Da published his
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Following Zhang Qian's embassy and report, commercial Chinese relations with Central Asia and Sogdiana flourished, as many Chinese missions were sent throughout the 1st century BC. In his
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Mark J. Dresden (1981), "Introductory Note", in Guitty Azarpay, Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, p. 9,
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Mark J. Dresden (1981), "Introductory Note", in Guitty Azarpay, Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, p. 5,
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were the main Sogdian centers in the north that dominated the caravan routes of the 6th to 8th centuries. Their commercial interests were protected by the resurgent military power of the
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existed in China since ancient times, although during the Han dynasty the proportion of slaves to the overall population was roughly 1%, far lower than the estimate for the contemporary
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For specific figures in regards to percentage of the population being enslaved, see Frier, Bruce W. (2000). "Demography", in Alan K. Bowman, Peter Garnsey, and Dominic Rathbone (eds),
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obtained enormous deliveries of silk from Tang China in exchange for horses, in turn relying on the Sogdians to sell much of this silk further west. Peter B. Golden writes that the
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in his study Ge Chengyong has discovered that Mi's son was a Christian monk and that his family was therefore most probably Christian, too (see Ge Chengyong 2001). Generally ...
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conquered the territory of Sogdiana, and incorporated it into their Empire, around 479 AD, as this is the date of the last known independent embassy of the Sogdians to China.
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Enoki, Kazuo, (1998), "Yü-ni-ch'êng and the Site of Lou-Lan", and "The Location of the Capital of Lou-Lan and the Date of the Kharoshthi Inscriptions", in Rokuro Kono (ed.),
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with Sogdian textile designs, as well as Sogdian longswords of many of the figures. Other characteristic Sogdian designs are animals, such as ducks, within pearl medallions.
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Kazuo Enoki (1998), "Yü-ni-ch'êng and the Site of Lou-Lan", and "The Location of the Capital of Lou-Lan and the Date of the Kharoshthi Inscriptions", in Rokuro Kono (ed.),
1671: 1604:. The Hephthalites probably ruled over a confederation of local rulers or governors, linked through alliance agreements. One of these vassals may have been Asbar, ruler of 9455:"Sogdiana under its nomadic elites became the principal center of agricultural wealth and population in Central Asia." and paragraph on "The Shift of the Trade Routes" in 3194: 1915:
in 710, decided that resistance against al-Harashi's large Arab force was pointless, and thereafter persuaded his followers to declare allegiance to the Umayyad governor.
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For another publication calling her "Sogdian", see Christopoulos, Lucas (August 2012), "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)", in Victor H. Mair (ed),
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discovered 5 letters written in Sogdian known as the "Ancient Letters" in an abandoned watchtower near Dunhuang in 1907. One of them was written by a Sogdian woman named
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was no more as the Xiongnu rebellion resulted in disaster for the Sogdian diaspora in China. Han Chinese men frequently bought Sogdian slave girls for sexual relations.
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Rong, Xinjiang, "New light on Sogdian Colonies along the Silk Road : Recent Archaeological Finds in Northern China (Lecture at the BBAW on 20 September 2001)", in
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Rong, Xinjiang, "New light on Sogdian Colonies along the Silk Road : Recent Archaeological Finds in Northern China (Lecture at the BBAW on 20 September 2001)", in
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Rong, Xinjiang, "New light on Sogdian Colonies along the Silk Road : Recent Archaeological Finds in Northern China (Lecture at the BBAW on 20 September 2001)", in
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Rong, Xinjiang, "New light on Sogdian Colonies along the Silk Road : Recent Archaeological Finds in Northern China (Lecture at the BBAW on 20 September 2001)", in
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We cannot exclude the possibility that this action was related to the dramatic events of the year 1212, when Samarqand was taken by the Khwarazmshah Muḥammad b. Tekish.
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considered it one of the four fairest regions of the world. Where the Sogdians moved in considerable numbers, their language made a considerable impact. For instance,
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governed Khorasan (717–719), many native Sogdians, who had converted to Islam, began to revolt when they were no longer exempt from paying the tax on non-Muslims, the
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was also permitted when a slave woman gave birth to her master's son, which allowed for her elevation to the legal status of a commoner, yet she could only live as a
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root meaning "propel, shoot" (cf. English shoot). *skud- is the zero-grade; that is, a variant in which the -e- is not present. The restored Scythian name is *Skuδa (
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and selling products such as iron goods. The Sogdians had been migrating to Turfan since the 4th century, yet the pace of migration began to climb steadily with the
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to service their communities once they reached the threshold of roughly 100 households. From the Northern Qi to Tang periods, the leaders of these communities, the
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Aside from the Sogdians of Central Asia who acted as middlemen in the Silk Road trade, other Sogdians settled down in China for generations. Many Sogdians lived in
683:. Although there is no universal consensus on the chronology of the Avesta, most scholars today argue for an early chronology, which would place the composition of 1351:
at the time. The request for an alliance was denied by the son of the slain Yuezhi king, who preferred to maintain peace in Transoxiana rather than seek revenge.
946:(i.e. Achaemenid provincial governors) for Sogdiana in historical records, modern scholarship has concluded that Sogdiana was governed from the satrapy of nearby 9829:
Hansen, Valerie (2005). "The Impact of the Silk Road Trade on a Local Community: The Turfan Oasis, 500–800". In Trombert, Eric; Vaissière, Étienne de la (eds.).
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inscription from Chang'an (modern Xi'an), dated to the year 781. Within the Syriac inscription is a list of priests and monks, one of whom is named Gabriel, the
1939:, where their ruler at-Tar (or Alutar) promised them safety and refuge from the Umayyads. However, at-Tar secretly informed al-Harashi of the Sogdians hiding in 7167:, "The earliest records of the name of Sogdiana (Soḡd) are found in the Avesta (Vendīdād, 1.4; Yašt 10.14; the by-name of Sogdian lands in the Avesta is Gauua". 5287: 3013: 813:
connects it with Gabae, a Sogdian stronghold in western Sogdia and speculates that during the time of the Avesta, the center of Sogdia may have been closer to
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Howard, Michael C., Transnationalism in Ancient and Medieval Societies, the Role of Cross Border Trade and Travel, McFarland & Company, 2012, pp 133–34.
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Chen (陈), Boyi (博翼) (2011). "10 跋《明秦府承奉正康公墓志铭》"A Sogdian Descendant?—Study of the Epitaph of Kang Jing: The Man Who Served at Ming Prince Qin's Mansion"".
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were places where women were commonly sold, with ample evidence of the slave trade in Turfan thanks to contemporary textual sources that have survived. In
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with the rebel leader. This change of surnames was enacted retroactively for all of his family members, so that his ancestors would also be bestowed the
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While it is widely accepted that Gava referred to the region inhabited by the Sogdians during the Avestan period, its meaning is not clear. For example,
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had been built there. His claim is confirmed by a Chinese text of the 14th century explaining how a Sogdian named Mar-Sargis from Samarkand founded six
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safe at the fortress of the Sogdian Rock, yet after its fall Roxana was soon wed to Alexander as one of his several wives. Roxana, a Sogdian whose name
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3944:(5th and 6th centuries) and Turkic (7th and early 8th centuries). The latter did not become common immediately after the political dominance of the 14102: 12468: 4579:, noting that these were common in Turfan whereas Sogdians living closer to the center of Chinese civilization for generations adopted traditional 436:), which among the Pontic or Royal Scythians became *Skula, in which the δ has been regularly replaced by an l. According to Szemerényi, Sogdiana ( 11691: 11254:
Grenet, Frantz (2007). "Religious Diversity among Sogdian Merchants in Sixth-Century China: Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Hinduism".
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during the second half of the 13th century. Nestorian Christianity had existed in China earlier during the Tang dynasty when a Persian monk named
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La via radiosa per l'Oriente: i testi e la storia del primo incontro del cristianesimo con il mondo culturale e religioso cinese (secoli VII-IX)
14107: 13729: 4224:(Maymurgh), Mi Xuanying, a Sogdian Christian cleric from Mi country (Maymurgh), An Qingsu, a Sogdian Christian monk from An country (Bukhara). 4126:(744–840 AD) developed close ties to Tang China once it had aided the Tang in suppressing the rebellion of An Lushan and his Göktürk successor 3139:(266–420), but fled following the collapse of the Jin dynasty's control over northern China in 311 AD and the rise of northern nomadic tribes. 1200:(370–328 BC), allied with Scythian tribes, led an uprising against Alexander's forces. This revolt was put down by Alexander and his generals 6400: 5582: 5457: 3995:, Sogdian burials shared similar features with traditional Chinese practices, yet they still retained essential Zoroastrian rituals, such as 13267:, B. A. Litvinski, Zhang Guangda, and R. Shabani Samghabadi (eds.). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited, pp. 449–472. 2373: 13656: 4440:
point to a massive escalation in the volume of the slave trade. In 639 a female Sogdian slave was sold to a Chinese man, as recorded in an
3229:(386 – 535 AD), and was the ancestor of An Tugen, a man who rose from a common merchant to become a top ranking minister of state for the 14024: 10266: 5787: 4399: 4212:, may be represented in Sogdian art as a four-armed goddess riding atop a lion. As seen in an 8th-century mural from Panjakent, portable 3861:
during the 13th century. Later in 1599, the Jurchen leader Nurhaci decided to convert the Mongolian alphabet to make it suitable for the
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is read. Sogdians of Dunhuang also commonly formed and joined lay associations among their local communities, convening at Sogdian-owned
2656: 48: 12735: 12730: 7745:, No. 230, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, pp 8–9, 7727: 7035: 6985: 4079: 3664: 13595:. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), im Auftrage der Gernalverwaltung der Königlichen Museen aus Mitteln des Baessler-Institutes, 9830: 4595:, prolific translator and one of the most politically powerful Buddhist monks of Chinese history, of Sogdian descent through his mother 3900:, and came to speak Persian. In 819, the Persians founded the Samanid Empire in the region. They are among the ancestors of the modern 1354: 13505:. Veröffentlichungen der iranischen Kommission Band 9. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; azargoshnap.net. 10562:
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in China; he rose to prominence by fighting (and losing) frontier wars between 741 and 755. Later, he precipitated the catastrophic
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Rong, Xinjiang, "The Sogdian Caravan as Depicted in the Relieves of the Stone Sarcophagus from Shi's Tomb of the Northern Zhou" in
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Chotscho: Facsimile-Wiedergaben der Wichtigeren Funde der Ersten Königlich Preussischen Expedition nach Turfan in Ost-Turkistan
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Sogdian Ancient Letter No. 3. Reproduced from Susan Whitfield (ed.), The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith (2004) p. 248.
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Unlike the empires of antiquity, the Sogdian region was not a territory confined within fixed borders, but rather a network of
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are among the most lavish of the period in this country, and are only inferior to Imperial tombs, suggesting that the Sogdian
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disappeared in the region by the end of the Samanid period. The Samanids were also responsible for converting the surrounding
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Wu Zhen 2000 (p. 154 is a Chinese-language rendering based on Yoshida's Japanese translation of the Sogdian contract of 639).
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is said to have expressed a desire to live among the "nine tribes" which may have been a reference to the Sogdian community.
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In addition to being merchants, monks, and government officials, Sogdians also served as soldiers in the Tang military.
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Christopoulos, Lucas (August 2012), "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)", in Victor H. Mair (ed),
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Christopoulos, Lucas (August 2012), "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)", in Victor H. Mair (ed),
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Christopoulos, Lucas (August 2012), "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)", in Victor H. Mair (ed),
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became extremely prosperous under its nomadic elites. The Hephthalites took on the role of major intermediary on the
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written c. 581, the Sogdian language was also an official language of the First Turkic Khaganate established by the
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Detail of a Kara-Khanid ruler of Samarkand (sitting cross-legged on a throne in the complete reconstructed relief),
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and the role of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism in their religious life. Yoshida Yutaka and Kageyama Etsuko, Japanese
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published an article in 1952, demonstrating the presence of a Sogdian colony founded in Six Hu Prefectures of the
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the once vibrant cities of Bukhara and Samarkand. However, in 1370, Samarkand saw a revival as the capital of the
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A now-independent and warlike Sogdiana formed a border region insulating the Achaemenid Persians from the nomadic
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Braja Bihārī Kumar (2007). "India and Central Asia: Links and Interactions", in J.N. Roy and B.B. Kumar (eds.),
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Hansen, Valerie (2003). "New Work on the Sogdians, the Most Important Traders on the Silk Road, A.D. 500–1000".
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merchants. There were many inns in Turpan. Some provided Sogdian sex workers with an opportunity to service the
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of Islamization in the ensuing centuries, with few of the original elements remaining. In their stead, turbans,
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Braja Bihārī Kumar (2007). "India and Central Asia: Links and Interactions", in J.N. Roy and B.B. Kumar (eds),
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The second mention is found in the first chapter of the Vendidad, which consists of a list of the sixteen good
312: 230: 13497: 12243: 8518: 3790:, widely spoken Eastern Iranian languages of Central Asia in ancient times. Sogdian was also prominent in the 679:) is mentioned as the land of the Sogdians. Gava is, therefore, interpreted as referring to Sogdia during the 623:
urban culture: original Bronze Age towns appear in the archaeological record beginning with the settlement at
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Put simply, the Sogdians dominated trade along the Silk Road from the 2nd century BC until the 10th century.
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conquered Zhetysu in 766 and then, most likely, converted to Syriac Christianity in the late eighth century.
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over the course of the 7th century. The fact that these Eastern Roman coins were almost always found with
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It appears, however, that direct trade with the Sogdians remained limited in light of the small amount of
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probably became the main trading partners of the Sogdians, as appears from the tomb of the Sogdian trader
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labelled it as "Nafupo" (納縛溥), which according to Hisao Matsuda is a transliteration of the Sogdian word
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to carry on the trade of silk and other luxury goods between the Chinese Empire and the Sasanian Empire.
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Mi Fu (1052-1107), a Northerner by birth (and of Sogdian heritage) developed a passionate attachment to
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and lances were used to impale their children when he rebelled against the rebel Yan emperor Shi Chaoyi
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The second of the good lands and countries which I, Ahura Mazda, created, was the Gava of the Sogdians (
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Sogdian and Chinese merchants regularly traded in slaves in and around Turpan during the Tang dynasty.
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onwards, Sogdian Buddhist pilgrims left behind evidence of their travels along the steep cliffs of the
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9753: 3892:. The great majority of the Sogdian people assimilated with other local groups such as the Bactrians, 3613:(歸義軍) period (c. 850 – c. 1000 AD) of Dunhuang is evident in a large number of manuscripts written in 3259:
During the 6–7th centuries AD, Sogdian families living in China created important tombs with funerary
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during the 'birth' of the Silk Road. Later, they became the primary middlemen after the demise of the
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An, Jiayao (2002), "When Glass Was Treasured in China", in Juliano, Annette L. and Judith A. Lerner,
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There were nine prominent Sogdian clans (昭武九姓). The names of these clans have been deduced from the
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of the Sogdian language, were able to reconstruct Sogdian names from forty-five different Chinese
2830: 2032:, yet retained a great deal of autonomy and upheld the mercantile legacy of the Sogdians. Yet the 794:, who is all death, and he counter-created the locust, which brings death unto cattle and plants. 13670: 13645: 13274:, ed. Michael Adas, American Historical Association, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001. 11871: 11218: 9430: 8088: 6825: 6810: 6805: 6434: 6191: 6044: 5876: 5775: 5470: 5327: 3350: 2933: 2709:, as well as glass containers, Mediterranean coral, brass Buddhist images, Roman wool cloth, and 2627: 2524: 2078:
The Samanids occupied the Sogdian region from circa 819 until 999, establishing their capital at
2048:(940–1020). So too did the original religions of the Sogdians decline; Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, 1932: 1234: 1185: 846: 462: 429: 13052: 12886: 10976: 10618:. The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. Columbia University Press. pp. 11, 12. 10591:. The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies. Columbia University Press. pp. 10, 11. 10521:(10). Department of Philosophy, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan: 551. 9681: 7750: 7598: 5542: 3633:
Kingdom engaged in a variety of occupations that included: farming, military service, painting,
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Subsequent to their domination by Alexander the Great, the Sogdians from the city of Marakanda (
1838: 1188:, who inherited his late father's throne in 323 BC (although the empire was soon divided in the 1071: 13437:(1995). "The Avesta as source for the early history of the Iranians". In Erdosy, George (ed.). 10443:"The Rhetoric of Antiquity. Politico-Religious Propaganda in the Nestorian Steleof Chang'an 安長" 10227: 8785: 6766: 6742: 6299: 5801: 5172: 4258:(No. 9) as depicting Sogdians, who inhabited Turfan as an ethnic minority during the phases of 4015:, when they gradually converted to Islam, as is shown by Richard Bulliet's "conversion curve". 4012: 3554: 3358: 2816: 2727: 2574:. A letter written by Sogdian merchants dated 313 AD and found in the ruins of a watchtower in 2554: 2217: 2195: 2111: 2053: 1875: 1688: 1309: 1245: 998: 265: 210: 118: 13590: 12645: 12585: 12296: 12114: 11925: 11444: 10196: 10147: 9980: 9857: 9160: 8320: 8257: 8188: 7445:, Turks and Mongols who eventually poured south to wreck the thin veneer of Iranian society" ( 6935: 4864:, a Sogdian warlord who led an uprising against Alexander the Great in the late 4th century BC 4559:
during the Chinese Tang period, composed of Sogdians and Turkic peoples who migrated from the
4227: 3315:, whose father was Sogdian and mother a Gokturk, rose to the position of a military governor ( 3057: 1241:
The military power of the Sogdians never recovered. Subsequently, Sogdiana formed part of the
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Transnationalism in Ancient and Medieval Societies, the Role of Cross Border Trade and Travel
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Transnationalism in Ancient and Medieval Societies, the Role of Cross Border Trade and Travel
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Transnationalism in Ancient and Medieval Societies, the Role of Cross Border Trade and Travel
8402: 8347: 8159: 6997: 6902: 5981: 5617: 5252: 3562: 2956: 2579: 2503: 2139: 2099: 1928: 1257: 974:, allied with the Macedonians and sent troops to Alexander in 329 BC for his war against the 855: 510: 482: 323:
in 999, coinciding with the decline of the Sogdian language, as it was largely supplanted by
13569:(2000). "The sixteen lands of Videvdat – Airyanem Vaejah and the homeland of the Iranians". 11135: 9716: 6131: 14167: 14122: 13960: 13824: 13748: 13434: 9896: 9553: 9463:
In S. Johnson (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity, Oxford University Press, P. 142-169
8866:(2001). "Chapitre 5 : Des Kouchans à l'Islam – Les Sogdiens sur la route de la soie". 6659: 6429: 6106: 6071: 5869: 5602: 5522: 5232: 5227: 5012: 4710:, Buddhist monk and influent philosopher of the 7th century, considered the founder of the 4552: 4532: 4115:
in addition to their full names, in hopes that the Buddha would grant them his protection.
3780: 3745:, a common non-Buddhist image similarly found in the paintings of Samarkand and Panjakent. 3522: 3471: 3437: 2862: 2835: 2743: 1947: 1449:
against the Sogdians in 84, when the latter were trying to support a revolt by the king of
1276: 1189: 954:. Sogdiana likely remained under Persian control until roughly 400 BC, during the reign of 880: 437: 186: 13493: 10615:
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texts like the Mihr Yasht and the Vendiad in the first half of the first millennium BCE.
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The Cambridge History of China: Volume I: the Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 B.C. – A.D. 220
11677:"The Silk Road and the Economy of Gaochang: Evidence on the Circulation of Silver Coins" 10641:"Antric Threads Between India and China 1. Tantric Buddhism—Approaches and Reservations" 9900: 9807: 9640: 8089:"The Silk Road and the economy of Gaochang: evidence on the Circulation of silver coins" 7029: 6959: 3533:). The following surnames also appear frequently on Dunhuang manuscripts and registers: 3177:
Still, some Sogdians continued living in Gansu. A community of Sogdians remained in the
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found in Central Asian and Chinese archaeological sites belonging to this era. Although
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11271: 11234:"The Funerary Couch of An Jia and the Art of Sogdian Immigrants in Sixth-century China" 10394: 10255: 10246:
History of An Lushan (An Lushan Shiji 安祿山史記) "唐鞠仁今城中殺胡者重賞﹐於是羯胡盡殪﹐小兒擲於中空以戈_之。高鼻類胡而濫死者甚眾"
10128: 9925: 9884: 9806:. Telling the Sogdian Story: A Freer/Sackler Digital Exhibition Project. Archived from 9639:. Telling the Sogdian Story: A Freer/Sackler Digital Exhibition Project. Archived from 9535: 9162:
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show a pairing of a male and female deity with outstretched hands holding a miniature
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cities (rectangular walls with an orthogonal network of streets) in Sogdiana, such as
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or Rock of Ariamazes, a fortress in Sogdiana, was captured in 327 BC by the forces of
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Liu, Xinru, "The Silk Road: Overland Trade and Cultural Interactions in Eurasia", in
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from the Eastern Roman Empire found in China date to the reign of Byzantine emperor
2336:. Sogdian contacts with China were initiated by the embassy of the Chinese explorer 13655:. ACTA VIA SERICA Vol. 5, No. 1, June 2020: 187–198doi: 10.22679/avs.2020.5.1.007. 13578: 13566: 13093: 13072: 12682: 12618: 12249: 11390: 11263: 10522: 10454: 10386: 10360: 10120: 9920: 9904: 9724: 9687: 9519: 9415:
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merchants, since the official histories report that there were markets in women at
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for the Iranians. Gava is the second region mentioned on the list, directly behind
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of the 10th century drew upon Sogdian records dating to 750–840. After the end of
520:) was named from the Skuδa form. Starting from the names of the province given in 13925: 13920: 13910: 13694: 13687: 13387: 12991: 12987: 12962: 12958: 12839: 12835: 12435: 12433: 12417: 11708: 9112: 8110: 8108: 8106: 7807:"Nomad Migration in Central Asia (in After Alexander: Central Asia before Islam)" 7698:, Pasadena, Chicago, London,: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Salem Press, p. 1010, 7547: 7476: 7091: 6892: 6887: 6850: 6737: 6629: 6524: 6479: 6395: 6370: 6226: 6206: 6166: 6111: 6001: 5856: 5752: 5747: 5742: 5727: 5452: 5437: 5372: 5222: 5162: 5027: 4943: 4675: 4576: 4564: 4436: 4314: 3869: 3846: 3830: 3803: 3738: 3659: 3566: 3518: 3507: 3503: 3458:
of Dunhuang, Gansu, a major center of Buddhist learning and home to the Buddhist
3394: 3069: 2984: 2893:(2016) upends this notion by pointing to a hoard of sixteen Roman coins found at 2776: 2706: 2668: 2623: 2445: 2428: 2349: 2016:. The cultural consequences and political ramifications of this battle meant the 1997: 1924: 1785: 1719: 1695:
allied against the Hephthalites and defeated them after an eight-day battle near
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devotes a thorough discussion to the etymologies of ancient ethnic words for the
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in 439 AD, many Sogdians were forcibly relocated to the Northern Wei capital of
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Tafazzoli, A. (2003), "Iranian Languages", in C. E. Bosworth and M. S. Asimov,
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Tafazzoli, A. (2003), "Iranian Languages", in C. E. Bosworth and M. S. Asimov,
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Mark J. Dresden (2003), "Sogdian Language and Literature", in Ehsan Yarshater,
6882: 6867: 6727: 6599: 6484: 6439: 6303: 6076: 6026: 5757: 5527: 5340: 5197: 5127: 5047: 4928: 4798: 4737: 4649: 4500: 4420: 4244: 4205: 4119: 4011:. Zoroastrianism remained the dominant religion among Sogdians until after the 3897: 3889: 3681: 3594: 3463: 3425: 3178: 3051: 2910: 2878: 2874: 2854: 2820: 2735: 2546: 2516: 2471: 2467: 2302: 2191: 2166:
Kara-Khanid bands of inscription with running animals, Afrasiab, circa 1200 CE.
2073: 2057: 2041: 2021: 1711: 1113: 1009:, the Sogdians are recorded in Persian records as submitting precious gifts of 834: 713: 703: 695: 680: 648: 501: 473: 445: 422: 368: 360: 320: 288: 272: 102: 11267: 9728: 9691: 9620:. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. 8372: 8103: 4535:
excavated from Dunhuang, Gansu to identify an ancient Sogdian colony south of
4220:-Veshparkar, Brahma-Zravan, and Indra-Abdab, according to Braja Bihārī Kumar. 3884:. Yaghnobi is largely a continuation of the medieval Sogdian dialect from the 2823:, which arrived in 568 and offered not only silk as a gift to Byzantine ruler 2231: 2044:), the spoken language of renowned poets and intellectuals of the age such as 1954:, where they continued to flourish into the 10th century with the rise of the 1946:
From 722, following the Muslim invasion, new groups of Sogdians, many of them
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from left to right instead of vertically, mirroring the direction of how the
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Other Sogdians came from the west and took positions in Chinese society. The
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writes of how the Sogdians attempted to establish a direct trade of Chinese
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6707: 6702: 6589: 6574: 6474: 6464: 6459: 6385: 6375: 6315: 6256: 6221: 6021: 5931: 5921: 5682: 5677: 5347: 5257: 4997: 4917: 4851: 4807: 4744: 4725: 4657: 4606: 4580: 4568: 4528: 4464: 4416: 4338: 4271: 4259: 4104: 4087: 4045: 3606: 3585: 3570: 3546: 3542: 3467: 3449: 3370: 3366: 3304: 3234: 3226: 3186: 3182: 3079: 2988: 2945: 2890: 2886: 2866: 2812: 2761: 2618: 2403: 2184: 2005: 1964: 1886: 1748: 1578: 1562: 1348: 1265: 1253: 1159: 1117: 1010: 896: 872: 791: 279:(618–907 AD). Sogdian merchants and diplomats travelled as far west as the 276: 166: 13582: 13512:
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holding the bones of the dead – in accordance with Zoroastrian ritual. At
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around Samarkand retained its Sogdian name, Samarkand. According to the
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in Chinese Silk Road commerce of Central Asia compared to Eastern Rome.
2494: 2285:, but would trade goods through middlemen based in oasis towns, such as 2134:
Kara-Khanid band of inscription containing a fragment of poetry reading
2118:
In 999 the Samanid Empire was conquered by an Islamic Turkic power, the
1943:, who were then slaughtered by al-Harashi's forces after their arrival. 13988: 13945: 13752: 12694: 12630: 12441: 12253: 12119:. Encounters with Asia. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 218. 12092:. Encounters with Asia. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 158. 11957:. Encounters with Asia. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 235. 11930:. Encounters with Asia. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 202. 10390: 10132: 9539: 7340:, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, p. 3, 6877: 6712: 6519: 6340: 6016: 5816: 5632: 5512: 5482: 5362: 5217: 4951: 4861: 4698: 4667: 4634: 4629: 4556: 4524: 4329:, respectively. In regards to textual material, the earliest Christian 4318: 4286: 4248: 4213: 4127: 3877: 3538: 3157: 3151: 2940:
and Eastern Roman gold coins were used more as ceremonial objects like
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During the 5th and 6th century, many Sogdians took up residence in the
2610: 2542: 2390: 2337: 2317: 2025: 1916: 1829: 1504: 1500: 1332: 1289: 1249: 1232:, Seleucus I named three new Hellenistic cities in Asia after her (see 1197: 1151: 1100: 1030: 931: 919: 907: 883:
of Darius. A contingent of Sogdian soldiers fought in the main army of
636: 628: 620: 178: 174: 170: 162: 82: 13894: 11903:. Encounters with Asia. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 20. 10866:"Traces of the Lost 10 Tribes of Israel in Chinese and Korean Sources" 10337:
The An Shi Rebellion and Rejection of the Other in Tang China, 618–763
10224:
The An Shi Rebellion and Rejection of the Other in Tang China, 618–763
9587:"Aurel Stein Discovers the Sogdian "Ancient Letters" 313 CE to 314 CE" 8874:" (in French). Vol. 411. Paris: Éditions Gallimard. p. 104. 7479:, vi.3.9: with no satrap to rule them, they were under the command of 3849:
empires of ancient Iran. The Sogdian alphabet formed the basis of the
3193:, thereby fostering exchanges and trade for the new dynasty. Numerous 2024:(819–999), a Persian state centered at Bukhara (in what is now modern 1172:
of Macedonian Greece, and conqueror of the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
14029: 13873: 13859: 13794: 13362:
Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey across Asia
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Pasadena; Chicago; London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Salem Press,
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11600:
China's Imperial Past: An Introduction to Chinese History and Culture
10017:"CHINESE-IRANIAN RELATIONS xiii. Eastern Iranian Migrations to China" 9459:"Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity: 5 Central Asia and the Silk Road" 7484: 7464:
Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey across Asia
6717: 6614: 6604: 6101: 6081: 5492: 5487: 5242: 5212: 5202: 5087: 5072: 5037: 4920:. They were targeted for slaughter by the Tang government during the 4794: 4766: 4720: 4702: 4620: 4616: 4598: 4424: 4393: 4385: 4274: 4051:
of a Sogdian man wearing a distinctive cap and face veil, a probable
4000: 3885: 3688:. However, centuries later in 664 AD, the Tang Chinese Buddhist monk 3574: 3558: 3550: 3466:
after the An Lushan Rebellion, in 848 the ethnic Han Chinese general
3377: 3343:
and defeated rival Yan dynasty forces under the Turk Ashina Chengqing
3312: 3238: 3198: 3121:: Sogdians having a toast, with females wearing Chinese headdresses. 2992: 2824: 2804: 2772: 2768: 2639: 2538: 2483:
of a Sogdian merchant in northern China, Tang dynasty, 7th century AD
2423: 2399: 2386: 2385:: Sogdian men feasting and eating at a banquet, from a wall mural of 2329: 2282: 2103: 2079: 1920: 1789: 1771: 1770:, Iranian and Hephthalite principalities...), paying hommage to king 1758: 1736: 1727: 1723: 1692: 1652: 1648: 1632: 1624: 1616: 1601: 1593: 1569: 1558: 1135: 1109: 1084: 1014: 979: 900: 850: 818: 747: 530: 407: 399: 380: 352: 348: 304: 284: 275:
and rose to prominence in the military and government of the Chinese
252:, is no longer spoken. However, a descendant of one of its dialects, 241: 158: 154: 70: 13338: 13272:
Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical History
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Emmerick, R. E. (1983). "Iranian Settlement East of the Pamirs". In
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The Stone Tower: Ptolemy, the Silk Road, and a 2,000-Year-Old Riddle
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in Xinjiang (Northwest China), which he argued was the base for the
3908:
can be found in the modern Tajik language, although the latter is a
3256:, were incorporated into the official hierarchy of state officials. 2808: 2570:
and others, that by the 4th century they may have monopolized trade
1931:), whereas the Sogdians following Karzanj, the ruler of Pai (modern 1651:. The symbol of the Hephthalites appears on the residual coinage of 1529:
of Persia conquered and incorporated Sogdia as a satrapy in 260, an
575:: Bead necklace from the tomb of the so-called “Sarazm princess” in 197:, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, and then was annexed by the 13935: 13905: 13780: 13534: 13104:
Ghafurov, Babadjan, "Tajiks", published in USSR, Russia, Tajikistan
12769:[A treasure discovery of Hephthalite Drachms from Bactria] 12745: 11073:, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited, pp 325–26. 10560:. In Hoster, Barbara; Kuhlmann, Dirk; Wesolowski, Zbigniew (eds.). 10375:"Silk Road Christians and the Translation of Culture in Tang China" 9458: 8120: 7806: 6840: 6722: 6549: 6266: 6261: 5836: 5826: 5672: 5562: 5557: 5502: 5497: 5432: 5427: 5247: 5107: 5097: 5092: 5067: 5002: 4848:, the primary wife of Alexander the Great during the 4th century BC 4824: 4782: 4688: 4572: 4419:
rule was a center of major commercial activity between Chinese and
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Contract written in Sogdian for the purchase of a slave in 639 CE,
4343: 4302: 4240: 4209: 4193: 3977: 3819: 3815: 3807: 3689: 3630: 3598: 3530: 3511: 3429: 3389: 3362: 3330: 3326: 3317: 3219: 3166: 2961: 2941: 2921: 2906: 2902: 2894: 2714: 2587: 2550: 2290: 2154:
Kara-Khanid medallion with fighting birds, Afrasiab, circa 1200 CE.
2045: 2029: 1981: 1640: 1605: 1541:. However, by the 5th century the region was captured by the rival 1534: 1446: 1363: 1205: 1173: 1168: 1018: 985:
During the Achaemenid period (550–330 BC), the Sogdians lived as a
982:
region (even though this anticipated campaign never materialized).
971: 935: 884: 860: 737: 666: 632: 340: 296: 110: 58: 12720:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
9951:
Studies on the History and Culture Along the Continental Silk Road
9507: 8813:. Delhi: Penguin Viking. pp. 94–102 (Ch.9, Sogdian Traders). 8132: 4251:
praying in front of the Buddha. Modern scholarship has identified
3452:, a large community of Sogdians also existed in the multicultural 1996:, which quickly asserted itself in Central Asia after winning the 1248:, a breakaway state from the Seleucid Empire founded in 248 BC by 879:
as regular soldiers and cavalrymen. Sogdia was also listed on the
240:, although never politically united, were centered on the city of 13965: 13950: 13915: 13849: 13499:
Four old Iranian ethnic names: Scythian – Skudra – Sogdian – Saka
13457:
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 1
12941:
Dresden, Mark J. (1981), "Introductory Note", in Guitty Azarpay,
12007:(illustrated, annotated ed.). Greenwood Press. p. 153. 7612:
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 1
6855: 6579: 6504: 6320: 6121: 6061: 6011: 6006: 5991: 5841: 5782: 5707: 5702: 5697: 5657: 5547: 5517: 5507: 5422: 5407: 5312: 5307: 5207: 5132: 5117: 5062: 5032: 5022: 4876:, emir and official of the Abbasid caliphate and ancestor of the 4867: 4828: 4733: 4729: 4601:(安祿山), a military leader of Sogdian (from his father's side) and 4536: 4504: 4373: 4326: 4278: 4173: 4157: 4095: 3988: 3905: 3893: 3626: 3413: 3381: 3260: 3211: 3206: 3132: 2869:
imported Han Chinese silk while the Han dynasty Chinese imported
2846: 2702: 2672: 2643: 2591: 2272: 2256: 2083: 1955: 1940: 1912: 1903: 1894: 1874:
offering him aid as an Umayyad ally. However, when his successor
1656: 1636: 1589: 1450: 1407: 1399: 1340: 1336: 1317: 1293: 1147: 1125: 1092: 975: 947: 927: 814: 684: 670: 526: 433: 404:
Four Old Iranian Ethnic Names: Scythian – Skudra – Sogdian – Saka
336: 198: 78: 74: 11367:, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, No 1 (2014), pp 134–163 11160:
Mark J. Dresden (1981), "Introductory Note", in Guitty Azarpay,
10363:"至揚州,大掠百姓商人資產,郡內比屋發掘略遍,商胡波斯被殺者數千人" "商胡大食, 波斯等商旅死者數千人波斯等商旅死者數千人." 8838:. Translated by James Ward. Leiden: Brill. pp. 32, 84, 91. 7762:
Mark J. Dresden (1981), "Introductory Note", in Guitty Azarpay,
7336:
Mark J. Dresden (1981), "Introductory Note", in Guitty Azarpay,
7258:
Mark J. Dresden (1981), "Introductory Note", in Guitty Azarpay,
6964:
T.D. Yih and J. de Kreek (hosted on the Chinese Coinage Website)
5367: 4683:, son of Artaios, who led a contingent of Sogdian troops in the 3275: 2775:, carrying silk and a string of silkworm cocoons, circa 655 CE, 2721: 1548: 1176:, a Sogdian nobleman of Bactria, had hoped to keep his daughter 13993: 13955: 13877: 12957:
Dresden, Mark J. (1983). "Sogdian Language and Literature". In
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Kaikodo (Gallery : New York, N.Y.), Sarah Handler (1999).
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De Kaboul à Samarcande : Les archéologues en Asie centrale
8531: 8373:
Compareti (University of California, Berkeley), Matteo (2007).
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of Xinjiang, China, particularly Scene 6 from Temple 9 showing
4108: 3992: 3961: 3940:
Early medieval Sogdian costumes can be divided in two periods:
3795: 3764: 3734: 3730: 3677: 3622: 3589: 3462:. Although Dunhuang and the Hexi Corridor were captured by the 3329:
descent ordered a mass slaughter of West Asian (Central Asian)
3292: 3283: 3190: 3146: 3109: 3101: 3004: 2925: 2693: 2528: 2353: 2306: 2286: 2265: 2171:
From 1212, the Kara-Khanids in Samarkand were conquered by the
1951: 1784:, under the massive presence of Turkic officers and courtiers. 1778: 1715: 1696: 1676: 1565: 1412: 1380: 1359: 1313: 1285: 1229: 1177: 1143: 1139: 990: 943: 923: 849:
in 546–539 BC, a fact mentioned by the ancient Greek historian
709: 706: 658: 624: 585: 576: 344: 11621:
The Cambridge Ancient History XI: The High Empire, A.D. 70–192
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S.V.D. Research Institute, Monumenta Serica Institute (2009).
7554:. Page last modified 17 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016. 3767:, a Sogdian merchant and official who died in China in 580 CE. 3645:
in 651, followed by the Islamic conquest of Samarkand in 712.
1911:, who had previously overthrown the pro-Umayyad Sogdian ruler 1433:
From the 1st century AD, the Yuezhi morphed into the powerful
13854: 13829: 13764: 13427:
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
12506:, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, p. 450, 11311:
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
11256:
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9856:
Cheang, Sarah; Greef, Erica de; Takagi, Yoko (15 July 2021).
8065: 7853: 7851: 7720: 7361:, trans. Peter T. Daniels, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, p. 746, 7079: 6960:"Soghdian Kai Yuans (lectured at the Dutch 1994-ONS meeting)" 6564: 6509: 6091: 5846: 5652: 5552: 5447: 5402: 5397: 5352: 5317: 5272: 5042: 5017: 4967: 4803: 4716: 4663: 4495: 4460:
out of twenty-one marriages according to existing documents.
4445: 4428: 4348: 4201: 4189: 4185: 4153: 4112: 4078:
The Sogdian religious texts found in China and dating to the
4052: 3873: 3791: 3742: 3385: 3300: 3296: 3242: 3170: 2976: 2698: 2688: 2676: 2606: 2602: 2575: 2418: 2407: 2199: 2061: 1908: 1890: 1880: 1871: 1767: 1763: 1597: 1438: 1417: 1394: 1305: 1301: 1281: 1213: 1088: 1047:
Chronology of the expedition of Alexander the Great into Asia
986: 734: 662: 384: 372: 316: 114: 11355: 11353: 9885:"Revealing lost secrets about Yingpan Man and the Silk Road" 8478:. New Haven : Yale University Press. pp. 293–294. 8441: 8439: 8437: 8435: 8325:. British Library. Serindia Publications, Inc. p. 110. 7134: 3210:
describes how a Sogdian came from Anxi (western Sogdiana or
3052:
Sogdian merchants, generals, and statesmen in Imperial China
13980: 13883: 13424:
Rose, J., "The Sogdians: Prime Movers between Boundaries",
13292:
The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 1.
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Association Circulars from Dunhuang", in ed. Antje Richter
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Boyce, Mary (1983). "Parthian Writings and Literature". In
12790:
The History of Central Asia: the Age of the Steppe Warriors
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The History of Central Asia: the Age of the Steppe Warriors
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The History of Central Asia: the Age of the Steppe Warriors
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have been found in Northern Wei tombs, such as the tomb of
2842: 2796: 2427:
served as middlemen between the Chinese Han Empire and the
2253: 1893:
was necessary for new converts. With the aid of the Turkic
1680: 1497: 1389: 1002: 892: 411: 54: 13699: 12759:
Chaghatai: the Fabulous Cities and People of the Silk Road
11309:
J. Rose, 'The Sogdians: Prime Movers between Boundaries',
11180: 11178: 7883:, C. Michael Hogan, The Megalithic Portal, A. Burnham, ed. 7848: 7696:
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7690: 7688: 7686: 7530:
Chaghatai: the Fabulous Cities and People of the Silk Road
7146: 3225:, meaning caravan leader) who lived in Jiuquan during the 2865:
apparently reached Han China from 166 AD onwards, and the
2679:
and the northeastern one toward the nearby Turkic tribes.
2630:. In the 10th century, Sogdiana was incorporated into the 2106:, circa 1200 CE. It was possibly defaced in 1212 when the 1271: 13250:
India and Central Asia: Classical to Contemporary Periods
13111:, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 47, 12485:, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, p. 77, 12390: 11423:
India and Central Asia: Classical to Contemporary Periods
11350: 10511:"Jingjiao under the Lenses of Chinese Political Theology" 10420:(illustrated ed.). LIT Verlag Münster. p. 113. 10385:. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15–38. 8784:. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. pp.  8432: 7886: 7830:
Greek Art in Central Asia, Afghan – Encyclopaedia Iranica
7199:, Canberra: Australian National University Press, p. 12, 7019: 7017: 7015: 3853:
of the 8th century, which in turn was used to create the
1347:, which gives considerable insight into the situation in 260:
of Tajikistan. It was widely spoken in Central Asia as a
12864:
From Cyrus to Alexander: a History of the Persian Empire
11863: 11836: 11473:
Monumenta Serica: Journal of Oriental Studies, Volume 57
10920:
Association Circulars from Dunhuang", in Antje Richter,
10903:
Association Circulars from Dunhuang", in Antje Richter,
10850:
Association Circulars from Dunhuang", in Antje Richter,
10833:
Association Circulars from Dunhuang", in Antje Richter,
10780:
Association Circulars from Dunhuang", in Antje Richter,
10731:
Association Circulars from Dunhuang", in Antje Richter,
10148:"Chapter 5 – The Cosmopolitan Terminus of the Silk Road" 7359:
From Cyrus to Alexander: a History of the Persian Empire
7233: 7231: 7215: 7213: 4337:
coincide with the reign of the Sasanian Persian monarch
3470:(799–872) managed to wrestle control of the region from 3173:, 4th-5th century CE. He may have been a Sogdian trader. 2932:
and Chinese conquest of 640, with a gradual adoption of
1796: 906:
During this period of Persian rule, the western half of
311:
among the Sogdians and their descendants began with the
12767:"Ein Schatzfund Hephthalitischer Drachmen Aus Baktrien" 11563:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 1225–1226, 11326:, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, p 67–8. 11175: 11052: 11050: 11048: 10414:"A BELLIGERENT PRIEST – YISI AND HIS POLITICAL CONTEXT" 9047: 9045: 9043: 8475:
Peerless images : Persian painting and its sources
7683: 7177: 4743:
Kang Jing (康景)? – a possible Sogdian who worked at the
4444:
cemetery legal document written in Sogdian. Khotan and
4068:: A Zoroastrian fire worship ceremony, depicted on the 3629:. Sogdians living in Turfan under the Tang dynasty and 3046:
Sab leading the way for the 500 traders, Kizil Cave 17.
2617:, whose empire was built on the political power of the 1465:
Battle scenes between "Kangju" Saka warriors, from the
1158:
army, he became claimant to the Achaemenid throne. The
642: 205:
in 328 BC. It would continue to change hands under the
13623:
The Silk Road: Two Thousand Years in the Heart of Asia
13389:
ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity
13182:, Leiden, New York, Copenhagen, Cologne: E. J. Brill, 12646:"CHAPTER 5 The Cosmopolitan Terminus of the Silk Road" 12248:(Thesis). University of British Columbia. p. 23. 11849:. École française d'Extrême-Orient. pp. 300–301. 11754: 10488:. Library of Medieval Studies. Bloomsbury Publishing. 10308: 9835:. École française d'Extrême-Orient. pp. 295–300. 8780:
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7861:, London, New York, New Delhi: Routledge, pp 112–123, 7475:
Independent Sogdiana: Lane Fox (1973, 1986:533) notes
7012: 4660:(安重榮), a general of China's Later Jin (Five Dynasties) 4180:
known to have been worshipped in Sogdiana. These were
4118:
The Sogdians also practiced Manichaeism, the faith of
2671:
resumed trade on the northwestern road leading to the
2470:, a Sogdian trader and official in China, depicted on 2090:
Turco-Mongol conquests: Kara-Khanid Khanate (999–1212)
1268:
may have recovered sovereignty of Sogdia temporarily.
777:
and the Iranians, according to Zoroastrian tradition:
414:, as well as many other words for "Scythian", such as 287:
trade route. While initially practicing the faiths of
13371:, New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 12866:, trans. Peter T. Daniels, Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 12672: 12394:
The Prison Papers of Bozorg Alavi: A Literary Odyssey
11788: 11786: 11784: 8910:, Leiden, Boston, Koln: Koninklijke Brill NV, p 278, 8049: 8047: 8045: 8043: 8041: 7943: 7931: 7432:, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, p 67. 7308: 7306: 7304: 7302: 7228: 7210: 4728:(康僧會), Buddhist monk of the 3rd century who lived in 4463:
A document dated 731 AD reveals that precisely forty
3272:
were among the wealthiest members of the population.
2951: 1608:, who also minted his own coinage during the period. 467: 13222:, pp 520–544 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 12943:
Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art
12805:
Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art
12422:
Nujum al-zahira fi muluk Misr wa'l-Qahira, Volume II
11733: 11290:
Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art
11187:"The Late Sogdian Costume (the 5th – 8th centuries)" 11162:
Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art
11045: 11032:
Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art
11011:
Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art
10990:
Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art
10643:. In Heirman, Ann; Bumbacher, Stephan Peter (eds.). 10084: 10082: 10080: 10078: 10076: 10074: 10050:
Histoire et cultures de l'Asie centrale préislamique
9207:, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 47, 9040: 7764:
Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art
7622: 7620: 7564: 7562: 7560: 7338:
Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art
7260:
Sogdian Painting: the Pictorial Epic in Oriental Art
4243:, China, 9th century AD, with kneeling figures with 4007:
to Zoroastrian deities, including the supreme deity
2803:. After forming an alliance with the Sasanian ruler 2785:
smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire
1743:
all became nominal vassals of China, as part of the
712:. In verse 10.14 it is described how Mithra reaches 283:. They played an essential part as middlemen in the 13034:
A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture
11623:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 827–54. 10922:
A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture
10905:
A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture
10852:
A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture
10835:
A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture
10804: 10802: 10800: 10798: 10796: 10794: 10792: 10790: 10782:
A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture
10733:
A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture
9669:. History of International Relations. 5 March 2021. 9344: 9342: 9340: 9259: 9257: 9029: 9027: 9025: 9023: 9021: 8967: 8965: 8963: 8961: 7377: 7375: 7110: 3676:, the native name of the Tarim Basin city-state of 3185:, but when the Northern Liang were defeated by the 2352:
in Central Asia and named the area of Sogdiana as "
1362:(left) fighting a Sogdian behind a shield (right), 515: 487: 406:. In it, the names provided by the Greek historian 379:, Sogdian cities included sites stretching towards 13349:, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 12777:(in German). Vol. 116/117. pp. 253–268. 12744:Adylov, Šuhrat T.; Mirzaahmedov, Jamal K. (2006). 12743: 12577: 12288: 12184: 12182: 12180: 11781: 11550:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 274–5. 11339:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1224, 8973:Transnationalism in Ancient and Medieval Societies 8777: 8753:, 2nd edition, Bradt Travel Guides Ltd, pp 14–15, 8732:, 2nd edition, Bradt Travel Guides Ltd, pp 12–13, 8143:sfn error: no target: CITEREFde_la_Vaissière2012 ( 8126: 8038: 8023: 8021: 8019: 8017: 7332: 7330: 7316:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1216, 7299: 6927: 4885:, Hadith composer and Islamic scholar, writer of 3825:Sogdian was written largely in three scripts: the 2924:and the rest of China. The use of silver coins in 2663:, Sogdian trade underwent a crisis. Following the 1339:. Zhang Qian, who spent a year in Transoxiana and 1036: 756:Mihr Yasht 10.14 (translated by Ilya Gershovitch). 13043:", in Rudolf G. Wagner and Monica Juneja (eds.), 12384: 12266: 11876:. École française d'Extrême-Orient. p. 300. 11767:. École française d'Extrême-Orient. p. 299. 11417: 11415: 11413: 11411: 10071: 10053:. Paris, France: Collège de France. p. 320. 9882: 9855: 9633:"Sogdian Ancient Letter III: Letter to Nanaidhat" 9373:, 2nd edition, London & New York: Routledge, 9243: 9241: 9239: 9186: 9184: 9182: 8685:, Santa Barbara, Denver, Oxford: Praeger, pp 4–5. 7617: 7557: 7524: 7522: 7520: 7518: 6990:Andrew Reinhard (Pocket Change – The blog of the 4785:(李抱玉), formerly known as An Chongzhang (安重璋) and 4456:in the taverns and inns of the capital Chang'an. 4003:before burying the bones in ossuaries. They also 2320:, from one oasis to another, linking Sogdiana to 2211: 1666: 875:, in addition to incorporating Sogdians into his 824: 14074: 13625:. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 11636:, Leiden, New York, Koln: E.J. Brill, pp 38–39, 11537:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 274. 11524:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 275. 11363:", in Rudolf G. Wagner and Monica Juneja (eds), 10787: 10564:. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series. Routledge. 9985:. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 148–160. 9337: 9305:, London & New York: Routledge, pp 122–123, 9254: 9018: 8958: 8578: 8576: 8574: 8572: 7542: 7540: 7538: 7372: 4815:, a 9th-century general of the Abbasid caliphate 3529:(石, generally given to those from Chach, modern 2901:), dated to the reigns of various emperors from 2437:for Asian trade as far back as the 4th century. 2028:) that nominally observed the Abbasids as their 1718:. The Turks also appear in great numbers in the 1584:The Hephthalites may have built major fortified 1516: 584:: 12-petalled flower from the cult structure in 13532: 12177: 11870:Éric Trombert; Étienne de La Vaissière (2005). 11843:Éric Trombert; Étienne de La Vaissière (2005). 11761:Éric Trombert; Étienne de La Vaissière (2005). 11602:. Stanford: Stanford University Press, p. 177, 10256:"成德军的诞生:为什么说成德军继承了安史集团的主要遗产" in 时拾史事 2020-02-08 10194: 9758:. Piscataway: Gorgias Press. pp. 344–352. 9508:"Central Asians on a Northern Ch'i Gate Shrine" 9363: 9106: 8988:, Santa Barbara, Denver, Oxford: Praeger, p. 3. 8858: 8586:, Santa Barbara, Denver, Oxford: Praeger, p. 4. 8138: 8114: 8014: 7532:, West Conshokoken: Infinity Publishing, p. 61. 7424: 7422: 7420: 7327: 7219:Antoine Simonin. (8 January 2012). "Sogdiana." 7085: 3349:happened during the An Lushan rebellion in the 2018:retreat of the Chinese empire from Central Asia 1392:] river. They are bordered on the south by 934:, offering tributary gifts to the Persian king 363:). Sogdian territory corresponds to the modern 13605:Records of the Great Historian, Han Dynasty II 13535:"Is There a "Nationality of the Hephtalites"?" 13233:Ibbotson, Sophie and Max Lovell-Hoare (2016), 12575: 12319: 12286: 12218:Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia 11408: 9236: 9179: 8896:Records of the Great Historian, Han Dynasty II 8550: 7515: 6925: 4435:. The Sogdian-language contract buried at the 3948:but only in c. 620 when, especially following 2999:became extremely prosperous around that time. 1971: 1600:, continuing the city-building efforts of the 1138:to the north and east. It was led at first by 970:, Pharasmanes, an already independent king of 895:claims that the palace there was adorned with 716:and looks at the entirety of the Airyoshayan ( 694:Overview over the geographical horizon of the 315:in the 8th century. The Sogdian conversion to 13723: 13345:Nourzhanov, Kirill, Christian Bleuer (2013), 12569: 12280: 12000: 11657:, Leiden, New York, Koln: E.J. Brill, p. 39, 11490: 11442: 10447:Journal for Late Antique Religion and Culture 9778: 9560:. translated by Prof. Nicholas Sims-Williams. 9394:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 97–98, 9371:Rome in the East: Transformation of an Empire 9139:Die Alttürkenzeit in Mittel- und Zentralasien 9084:Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World 8749:Sophie Ibbotson and Max Lovell-Hoare (2016), 8728:Sophie Ibbotson and Max Lovell-Hoare (2016), 8569: 7535: 7500:Horn, LT Bernd; Spencer, Emily, eds. (2012), 7241:, London, New York: I.B. Tauris, p. 202–203, 6786: 4806:(米芾), painter, poet, and calligrapher of the 4107:. It was here that they carved images of the 2995:between China to the Sasanian Empire and the 2722:Trade and diplomacy with the Byzantine Empire 1627:between China to the Sasanian Empire and the 1549:Hephthalite conquest of Sogdiana (479–557 AD) 1120:, from the region of Sogdiana; the legend on 783: 741: 731:where navigable rivers rush with wide a swell 717: 674: 12739:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 12467:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 12420:, Jamal al-Din Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf (1930), 11449:(illustrated ed.). LIT Verlag Münster. 9618:The Sogdians – Influencers on the Silk Roads 9558:Silk Road Seattle – University of Washington 9554:"The Sogdian Ancient Letters 1, 2, 3, and 5" 8629:. Paris: Louvre Editions. pp. 221–222. 8282: 8259:The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Attila 7731:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 7417: 7195:Kirill Nourzhanov, Christian Bleuer (2013), 7039:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 4901:A community of merchant Sogdians resided in 3928:, a Sogdian sarcophagus in China during the 3775:language called Sogdian, closely related to 3034:Two-headed dragon capturing traders, Cave 17 2040:of the Samanids (the ancestor to the modern 1828:Letter of an Arab Emir to the Sogdian ruler 1525:(247 BC – 224 AD) in Persia. The subsequent 1216:, daughter of the rebel Spitamenes, who wed 383:, such as that at the archeological site of 14025:Taxation districts of the Achaemenid Empire 13701:The Sogdians: Influencers on the Silk Roads 13514:, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pp. 106–179, 13479:Russia and Europe in the Nineteenth Century 13092: 12927: 12555:. London: C. Tinling & Co. p. 33. 12397:. Syracuse University Press. pp. 85–. 12313: 11133: 10416:. In Tang, Li; Winkler, Dietmar W. (eds.). 10037:, McFarland & Company, 2012, pp 134–35. 9435:. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 99, 484. 9326:, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, pp. 79–94, 9102: 9100: 8695: 8693: 8691: 8322:The Silk Road: Trade, Travel, War and Faith 8262:. Cambridge University Press. p. 284. 7570:Russia and Europe in the Nineteenth Century 7152: 7140: 4637:(安從進), a general of Later Tang and China's 4341:(r. 438–457), and were translated from the 4122:, which they spread among the Uyghurs. The 3593:statuette of Sogdian merchants riding on a 2791:monks, the 6th-century Byzantine historian 2348:. Zhang wrote a report of his visit to the 1980:Decorated niche from the Abbasid mosque of 1885:because of a new law stating that proof of 1531:inscription dating to the reign of Shapur I 13730: 13716: 13492: 13347:Tajikistan: a Political and Social History 13309:, London, New York, New Delhi: Routledge, 12820:Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & Merchants 12424:, Cairo: Dar al-Kutub al-Misriyya, p. 218. 11727: 11715:in Beilizhi; Whitfield, 1999, pp. 138–154. 11249: 11247: 10935:Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & Merchants 9482:History of Central Asia, The: 4-volume set 9432:History of Central Asia, The: 4-volume set 9352:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 97, 8516: 8398:History of Central Asia, The: 4-volume set 8349:Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang 8164:. Oxford University Press US. p. 28. 7975:. Paris: Louvre Editions. pp. 42–47. 7197:Tajikistan: a Political and Social History 7073: 7061: 7049: 6793: 6779: 4396:and not as the wife of her former master. 4281:, China during the late 13th century, the 4231:Pranidhi scene, temple 9 (Cave 20) of the 3019:Dragon-King Mabi saving traders, Cave 14, 2877:(2012) wrote that no Roman coins from the 2578:, was intended to be sent to merchants in 1437:, covering an area from Sogdia to eastern 268:'s court languages for writing documents. 53:Approximate extent of Sogdia, between the 13565: 13382: 13145:, Santa Barbara, Denver, Oxford: Praeger. 13059:Gasparini, Mariachiara (3 January 2014). 13058: 12761:, West Conshohocken: Infinity Publishing. 11377:Gasparini, Mariachiara (3 January 2014). 11376: 10555: 10526: 10458: 10373:Johnson, Scott Fitzgerald (26 May 2017). 10231: 9924: 9714: 9679: 9474: 9472: 8833: 8702:Turko-Mongol rulers, cities and city life 8656:Turko-Mongol rulers, cities and city life 8598:Turko-Mongol rulers, cities and city life 8517:O'Daly, Briton (Yale University) (2021). 8352:. 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Tauris, p. 207, 7183: 6919: 3841:, which had been widely used in both the 3625:in scheduled meetings mentioned in their 2944:, confirms the pre-eminent importance of 2281:Most merchants did not travel the entire 319:was virtually complete by the end of the 13477:Strachan, Edward and Roy Bolton (2008), 13433: 13237:, 2nd edition, Bradt Travel Guides Ltd, 12985: 12725: 12523: 12357: 12350:Collected Studies on Ming History 明史研究论丛 12346: 12208: 12156: 12112: 12085: 11950: 11923: 11896: 11184: 10752: 10281:The earliest Muslim communities in China 10092:, McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 135. 9456: 9097: 9037:, McFarland & Company, 2012, p. 134. 8688: 8551:Allegranzi, Viola; Aube, Sandra (2022). 8390: 8388: 8345: 8161:The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction 8157: 7904: 7715: 7568:Strachan, Edward and Roy Bolton (2008), 7169:sfn error: no target: CITEREFPavel2017 ( 7128: 7023: 4648:Sogdian musicians and attendants on the 4643: 4494: 4480: 4452:Sogdian girls also frequently appear as 4398: 4226: 4148: 3964:, and sleeved coats became more common. 3919: 3758: 3579: 3428:, a Sogdian official in China. Built in 3419: 3339:identifying them through their big noses 3274: 3156: 2955: 2829: 2755: 2638:encompassed northern Central Asia. This 2206: 2093: 1975: 1757: 1710:Archaeological remains suggest that the 1670: 1610: 1552: 1353: 1275: 913: 828: 689: 14103:Archaeological cultures of Central Asia 13662:from the original on 23 September 2020. 13290:Magill, Frank N. et al. (eds.) (1998). 13204:. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 12956: 12784:from the original on 23 September 2010. 12584:. Cambridge University Press. pp.  12363: 12295:. Cambridge University Press. pp.  12214: 12004:Islam in China: A Critical Bibliography 11734:Jonathan Karam Skaff (23 August 2012). 11244: 10638: 10372: 9982:China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200–750 AD 9505: 8771: 8769: 8767: 8555:. Paris: Louvre Editions. p. 181. 8200: 7970: 7953:. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. page 5-6. 7281:"Avesta: Vendidad (English): Fargard 1" 6934:. Cambridge University Press. pp.  4545:Tang Chang'an and Central Asian Culture 3648: 1901:(fl. 720–735). The Sogdian ruler (i.e. 1272:Saka and Kushan periods (146 BC–260 AD) 1184:means "little star", was the mother of 833:Sogdian soldier circa 338 BCE, tomb of 355:), including the fertile valley of the 14: 14075: 13602: 13430:, vol. 30, no. 3, (2010), p. 412. 13320: 13167:, Leiden, New York, Koln: E.J. Brill, 13122: 12643: 12608: 12550: 12001:Israeli, Raphael; Gorman, Lyn (1994). 11253: 11197: 10707: 10687: 10667: 10481: 10350:from the original on 18 February 2020. 10304:from the original on 10 February 2022. 10174: 10145: 10110: 10046: 9862:. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 101. 9828: 9779:Sims-Williams, N. (15 December 1985). 9751: 9485:. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 165. 9478: 9469: 9428: 9411: 9073:, Leiden, Koln: E. J. Brill, pp 35–37. 8624: 8394: 8000:. Paris: Louvre Editions. p. 56. 7995: 7937: 7892: 7116: 7088:"SOGDIANA iii. HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY" 3997:allowing the bodies to be picked clean 3609:and multilingual Sogdians during this 3321:) in the northeast before leading the 2422:published in 94 BC, Chinese historian 2020:. It also allowed for the rise of the 1533:claiming "Sogdia, to the mountains of 891:in 480 BC. A Persian inscription from 181:. Sogdiana was also a province of the 14108:Archaeological cultures in Kazakhstan 13711: 13439:The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia 13369:Concise Encyclopedia of World History 13277: 13197:, Jefferson: McFarland & Company. 12833: 12764: 12504:Concise Encyclopedia of World History 12235: 12205:(17 December 2009); 10, S., pp 148–9. 11980: 11262:(2). 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In addition, 10508: 10440: 10411: 9978: 9849: 9117:Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition 8906:; see also: Loewe, Michael, (2000), 8808: 8775: 8764: 8492: 8471: 8255: 7844:Also a Saka according to this source 7096:Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition 3967: 3882:a descendant of the Sogdian language 2960:Central Asian foreigner worshipping 1844:Wealthy Arab, Palace of Devashtich, 1762:Ambassadors from various countries ( 1635:, after their great predecessor the 1312:around 145 BC, soon followed by the 1284:warrior, as a defeated enemy of the 643:Young Avestan period (c. 900–500 BC) 375:region of modern Tajikistan. In the 13280:"SOGDIANA ii. Historical Geography" 13152:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 13143:Global Security Watch: Central Asia 13036:, Brill: Leiden, Boston, pp 853–77. 12934:The Zend-Avesta Part 1 The Vendidad 12192:(17 December 2009); 10, S., p. 148. 11987:. 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However, 2845:, 8th century AD, most likely from 2036:gradually declined in favor of the 1919:(r. 706–722), the Sogdian ruler of 1260:were later copied locally and bore 1228:. According to the Roman historian 579:, Sogdia, middle 4th millennium BC. 457: 428:, descend from *skeud-, an ancient 410:and the names of his title, except 24: 13638: 13455:Smith, William eds et al. (1873), 13324:The History of Buddhism in Vietnam 13023:Archaeology in Soviet Central Asia 12323:The History of Buddhism in Vietnam 11792: 11313:, vol. 30, no. 3 (2010), pp. 416–7 11212:Lee Lawrence. 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(1998), 6996:. 12 August 2016. Archived from 6756: 6755: 5528:Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans 4870:, 8th-century ruler of Samarkand 4031: 4022: 3565:(曹, from Kabudhan, north of the 3388:helped the Tang dynasty general 3365:because of his shame in sharing 3087: 3078: 3062:Ethnic groups in Chinese history 3039: 3027: 3012: 2909:(270–275 AD). The earliest gold 2502: 2493: 2453: 2444: 2372: 2363: 2239: 2230: 2159: 2147: 2127: 1837: 1821: 1568: 1489: 1474: 1458: 1070: 1059: 596:Ethnic groups in Chinese history 562: 553: 47: 14133:Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 14118:Northern and Southern dynasties 13367:Ramirez-Faria, Carlos, (2007), 10784:, Brill: Leiden, Boston, p 871. 10708:Morrow, Kenneth T. (May 2019). 10688:Morrow, Kenneth T. (May 2019). 10668:Morrow, Kenneth T. (May 2019). 10175:Morrow, Kenneth T. (May 2019). 9954:. 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Index

Nine Sogdian Surnames
Approximate extent of Sogdia, between the Oxus and the Jaxartes.
Oxus
Jaxartes
Samarkand
Bukhara
Khujand
Kesh
Sogdian
Zoroastrianism
Manichaeism
Buddhism
Islam
Nestorian Christianity
Sassanian
Chinese cash coins
Iranian civilization
Amu Darya
Syr Darya
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Achaemenid Empire
Behistun Inscription
Darius the Great
Cyrus the Great
Macedonian
Alexander the Great

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