2013/01/01 by Bianca Horlemann · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations #Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography #Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
paper · pdf · doi:10.4000/emscat.2183
openalex publication_date 2013/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
The edited volume is a unique collection of an impressive variety of research papers in the recently emerging field of academic studies of contacts between the Persian-Arabic Islamic world and Tibetan cultural areas dominated by Buddhism. The catchy title Islam and Tibet. Interactions along the Musk Routes at once stirs up curiosity since the coupling of Tibet and Islam is antagonistic for most people, researchers included, and what and where are the ‘Musk Routes’ ? The book under review is t...