Cover illustration: Inside the caravanserai of Akja Kala. Photograph by Alexis Pantos.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wordsworth, Paul D., author.
Title: Desert travel and power in medieval Central Asia / by Paul D. Wordsworth.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025] | Series: Handbook of oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section eight, Uralic and Central Asian studies, 0169-8524 ; volume 32 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024031525 (print) | LCCN 2024031526 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004534872 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004710283 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Travel, Medieval. | Kara Kum (Turkmenistan)—Description and travel. | Kara Kum (Turkmenistan)—Antiquities. | Silk Road—Description and travel. | Silk Road—History. | Deserts—Asia, Central.
Classification: LCC DK934 .W67 2025 (print) | LCC DK934 (ebook) | DDC 913.9/6—dc23/eng/20240822
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024031525
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024031526
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ISSN 0169-8524
ISBN 978-90-04-53487-2 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-71028-3 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004710283
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