Table of Contents

List of figures
List of plates
List of tables
Abstract in Dari
Acknowledgements
Preface
Note on transliteration and dates
Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The nomadic empire of the Ghūrids
2. The Ghūrid landscapes
3. The rise, expansion and demise of the Ghūrids under the Shansabānīd dynasty
4. The archaeological remains of the Ghūrids
5. Exploring Jām
6. Re-defining Jām: an archaeological eye in the sky
7. The Ghūrids: an unsustainable Early Islamic polity

Plates
Appendix 1: Google Earth study areas
Appendix 2: less well-known ethnies and dynasties
Works cited
Index

Supplementary appendices

Appendix 3: Ghūrid sites
Appendix 4: Architectural details of sites and structures recorded by MJAP in 2003 and 2005
Appendix 5: MJAP robber hole data
Appendix 6: MJAP robber holes
Appendix 7: Excavated contexts, MJAP 2003 and 2005
Appendix 8: Small finds, MJAP 2003 and 2005
Appendix 9: X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) data
Appendix 10: Environmental data
Appendix 11: Descriptions of Ghūrid sites analysed in high-resolution satellite images available through Google Earth
Appendix 12: Descriptions of selected Ghūrid sites analysed using upgraded satellite images available through Google Earth
Appendix 13: ASAGE sites referred to in Chapter 7
Appendix 14: Summary data for all the ASAGE sites

Promotional Information

In this archaeological analysis of the Ghūrid dynasty, David Thomas provides a deeper understanding of this renowned Early Islamic polity.

About the Author

David C. Thomas is an honorary associate in archaeology at La Trobe University.

Reviews

‘ … this work of synthesis is quite significant, constructing an interdisciplinary image of Ghūrid urbanism at Jam as well as the broader material footprint of Ghūrid territorial politics through
multiple Afghan landscapes.’
*Antiquity*