Beatrice Forbes Manz is an American historian of the Middle East and Central Asia who specializes in nomads and the Timurid dynasty. She currently works as a professor of history at Tufts University.[1] Her 1989 book The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane is considered one of the most authoritative accounts of the career of the conqueror Timur.[2][3]
She received a bachelor's from Harvard University in 1970 and a master's in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Michigan in 1974, then returned to Harvard for a doctorate in Inner Asian and Altaic studies which she received in 1983.[1] She is a fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society[4] and, as of 2014[update], president of the American Institute of Iranian Studies.[5]
She is the child of William H. Forbes and the well-known endocrinologist Anne Pappenheimer Forbes.[6]
Her book publications include:
The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane (Cambridge University Press, 1989)[7]
Power Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Winner of the Middle East Studies Association's 2007 Houshang Pourshariati Iranian Studies Book Award[8]
A selection of her articles include:
"Tamerlane's Career and its Uses," Journal of World History 13.1 (2002)
"Temür and the Problem of a Conqueror's Legacy," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (April 1998)
"Nomad and Settled in the Timurid Military," in Reuven Amitai and Michal Biran, eds., Mongols, Turks, and Others: Eurasian Nomads and the Sedentary World (Brill, 2005)
BeatriceForbesManz is an American historian of the Middle East and Central Asia who specializes in nomads and the Timurid dynasty. She currently works...
that are consistent with a birthdate in the late 1320s. Historian BeatriceForbesManz suspects the 1336 date was designed to tie Timur to the legacy of...
and musician, lead singer of Grizzly Bear, grandson of Elliot Forbes. BeatriceForbesManz, professor of history at Tufts University Amelia Meath (born...
1400–2000. Bloomsbury Press. pp. 29, 92. ISBN 978-1-59691-760-6. Manz, BeatriceForbes (1999-03-25). The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane. Cambridge University...
Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World (2005), p. 107 BeatriceForbesManz, The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane (1999), p. 185 Mirza Muhammad Haidar...
historian BeatriceForbesManz. Forbes retired in 1980, and she spent much of her time taking care of her garden and raising ponies and sheep. Forbes learned...
Qara'unas were given to Chekü Barlas, and then to his son Jahānshāh. BeatriceForbesManz notes that these Kunduz-Baghlan forces appear to have remained cohesive...
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936, p. 757. Brill, ISBN 90-04-08265-4. BeatriceForbesManz, The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge...
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936, p. 757. Brill, ISBN 90-04-08265-4. BeatriceForbesManz, The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge...
are confirmed by the writings of Jean of Sultaniyya and Clavijo. BeatriceForbesManz argues that this does not prove that the Barlas were the most important...
leading to a decline in the status of women.: 25 In contrast, BeatriceForbesManz states that women were granted a relatively high and public position...
Gabriel Ramon 74 Jade dragon cup Central Asia about AD 1420–49 BBC BM BeatriceForbesManz, Hamid Ismailov 75 Dürer's Rhinoceros Germany AD 1515 BBC BM Mark...
a short time before taken control of the ulus from Amir Husayn. Manz, BeatriceForbes, The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane. Cambridge University Press, 1989...
then killed Shah Temur, as Buyan Suldus became amir of the ulus. Manz, BeatriceForbes, The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane. Cambridge University Press, 1989...
Hafiz Razi was also Iskandar's chief vizier. Manz 2020, p. 124. Manz 2020, p. 149. Manz, BeatriceForbes (2007). Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid...
cultural strands and of Azerbaijan`s place in Turco-Persian Culture" BeatriceForbesManz. Reviewed work(s): The Azerbaijani Turks: Power and Identity under...
demonstrated excellence in translating Persian literature into English. BeatriceForbesManz, president Matthew Stolper, vice president Mirjam Kuenkler, secretary...
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