Selected Writings of
Vladimir Minorsky*

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"Roman and Byzantine Campaigns in Atropatene"
from Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies XI, 2(1944) pp. 243-265.

Roman and Byzantine Campaigns in Atropatene

Studies in Caucasian History
(Cambridge, 1953)

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I. New Light on the Shaddadids of Ganja (A.D. 951-1075)
II. The Shaddadids of Ani (A.D. 1064-1198)
III. Prehistory of Saladin (A.D. 1138-1193)

Appendix: Jami' al-duwal on the Musafirids and Rawwadis

Addenda and Corrigenda
Index

"Caucasica IV"
from Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies XV, 3(1953) pp. 504-529.

[Discusses Sahl ibn Sunbat of Shakki and Arran; the Caucasian vassals of Marzuban in 344/955]

Caucasica IV

A History of Sharvan and Darband in the 10th-11th Centuries
(Cambridge, 1958)

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Foreword

1. Introduction

§1. Ta'rikh al-Bab [A History of Sharvan and Darband]
§2. Other Arabic sources
§3. Darband-nama and later historians
§4. Historical background
2. Translation from the Arabic

3. Commentary:

§1. Sharvan
§2. Bab al-Abwab
4. General Remarks
(a) Geography and ethnology:
§1. Sharvan
§2. Darband
§3. Farther neighbours of al-Bab (Khazar, Rus, etc.)
(b) Administrative, social and military organisation:
§1. Sharvan
§2. Darband

Munejjim-bashi on later sharvanshahs. Annex I
Postscript on Darband. Annex II
Mas'udi on the Caucasus. Annex III
Ibn-Rusta on Daghestan. Annex IV
Ibn al-Azraq's visit to Darband. Annex V

Index

"Caucasica in the History of Mayyafariqin"
from Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies XIII, 1(1949) pp. 27-35.

Caucasica in the History of Mayyafariqin

"Transcaucasica"
from Journal Asiatique (1930) vol. 217 pp. 41-112.

Minorsky revisited some of the topics presented in this French-language article in later works; others are treated only in this article. Topics include: the name of Dvin; Sogdabil and Ardabil; the fortress of Alinjak and the Hamsa valley, Tamerlane's campaigns in the Caucasus. Includes title page, table of contents, article, and several maps in 77 pdf pages. Download here.

Selections from the Hudud al-Alam (The Regions of the World), A Persian Geography 372 A. H.—982 A.D. Translation and Commentary by Vladimir Minorsky (London, 1937, repr. 1982). The selections presented here describe China, India, Iran, the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, and other parts of Africa.

Selections from the Hudud al-Alam

"Ahl-i Hakk"
from The Encyclopedia of Islam, 1(1960), pp. 260-263

[Discusses a heterodox religious faith practised in Asia Minor, the Caucasus, northern Mesopotamia, and western Iran]

Ahl-i Hakk

For an appreciation of Minorsky's work, see the excellent entry by C. E. Bosworth (2004) in Encyclopedia Iranica:

Minorsky, Vladimir Fed’orovich (1877-1966)

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