Jirga

by Nölle-Karimi, Christine

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Jirga is a word of Mongolian origin meaning “circle” and “rank” (Doerfer, 1:291). In the contexts of hunting and military combat, it referred to a circle or semicircle of men formed when closing in on their prey or enemy troops. From the ninth/fifteenth century on, the Persian sources describing the political setting under the Turco-Mongolian dynasty of the Tīmūrids (771–913/1370–1507) and early Ṣafavids (907–1135/1501–1722) mentioned this term in several senses. The original meaning of a “hunt…

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Jirga is a word of Mongolian origin meaning “circle” and “rank” (Doerfer, 1:291). In the contexts of hunting and military combat, it referred to a circle or semicircle of men formed when closing in on their prey or enemy troops. From the ninth/fifteenth century on, the Persian sources describing the political setting under the Turco-Mongolian dynasty of the Tīmūrids (771–913/1370–1507) and early Ṣafavids (907–1135/1501–1722) mentioned this term in several senses. The original meaning of a “hunting circle” and military encirclement persisted

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2746

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eng Islam

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Nölle-Karimi, Christine

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